Where does “hiir” come from?

hiir (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.

hiir (Ingrian): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “hiir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichiirimouse
2Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse
Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →