Where does “valkojalkahiiri” come from?

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

valkojalkahiiri (Finnish): Ethiopian white-footed mouse, Stenocephalemys albipes

Definitions

  1. Ethiopian white-footed mouse, Stenocephalemys albipes

Ancestry of “valkojalkahiiri”, step by step

valkojalkahiiri 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 jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →