köken: From Suisse. The meaning "guard" is a metonymic reference to the practice of hiring Swiss mercenaries to serve as guards at European courts. The meaning "chipmunk" derives from the rodent's stripes, reminiscent of the striped uniform of the Swiss Guard.
aile: couteau suisse, franc suisse, garde suisse, petit-suisse
chipmunk · squirrel; animal of the family Sciuridae, but normally excluding the 청설모 (cheongseolmo, “squirrel of the genus Sciurus”).
köken: First attested in the Dictionnaire coréen-français, 1880, as Early Modern Korean 다ᄅᆞᆷ쥐 (Yale: talomcwuy), from Middle Korean ᄃᆞ라미〮 (Yale: tòlàmí, “chipmunk”) + 쥐 (jwi, “mouse, rat”). By surface analysis, 달음 (dareum, “(dated) running”) + 쥐 (jwi, “mouse, rat”).
< Tiku ja Taku, the Finnish name of the Disney chipmunk characters Chip 'n' Dale. Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008.