jänis

Finnish

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Definitions
  • hare any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae
  • mountain hare, Lepus timidus Eurasian species of hare
  • stowaway
  • (sports) rabbit, pacesetter runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace
  • coward

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *jänis.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*jänis

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