Where does “hiiri” come from?

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

hiiri (Proto-Finnic): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “hiiri”, step by step

hiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic šiŋere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Proto-Finno-Ugric šiŋere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugricšiŋere

Words derived from “hiiri

Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere
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