Where does “tummanokkahiiri” come from?

tummanokkahiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokkahiiri, from Finnish hiiri, from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.

tummanokkahiiri (Finnish): mottled-tailed shrew mouse, Pseudohydromys fuscus, earlier Neohydromys fuscus

Definitions

  1. mottled-tailed shrew mouse, Pseudohydromys fuscus, earlier Neohydromys fuscus

Ancestry of “tummanokkahiiri”, step by step

tummanokkahiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nokkahiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkahiirishrew mouse shrew-like South-East Asian mice in various genera
2FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
3Proto-Finnichiirimouse
4Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Finnish tumma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtummadark; dark-haired; Romani, Rom
Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →