Where does “unihiiri” come from?

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

unihiiri (Finnish): dormouse any of several small rodents in the family Gliridae

Definitions

  1. dormouse any of several small rodents in the family Gliridae

Ancestry of “unihiiri”, step by step

unihiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
2Proto-Finnichiirimouse
3Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Finnish uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunidream; sleep
2Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
3Proto-Finno-Permicune—

Words derived from “unihiiri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →