Where does “hiiri” come from?
hiiri (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.
hiiri (Karelian): mouse
Ancestry of “hiiri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | hiiri | mouse |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | šiŋere | mouse |