Where does “hiiri” come from?

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

hiiri (Karelian): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “hiiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichiirimouse
2Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

Words derived from “hiiri”

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