A Finnish-Manchu cognate
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An interesting Finnish-Manchu cognate: the Finnish word hiiri “mouse”, from Proto-Uralic *šiŋere, is a cognate to the Manchu word singgeri “mouse”, from Proto-Tungusic: *siŋere.
Renhao Pei
Doctoral Researcher at TurkuNLP & ELLIS PhD Student
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