Where does “bolivianpäästäisopossumi” come from?

bolivianpäästäisopossumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Bolivia, from Spanish Bolivia, from Spanish Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, from Basque bolu, from Latin molīnum, from Latin molīnus, from Latin mola — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

bolivianpäästäisopossumi (Finnish): pygmy short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis kunsi

Definitions

  1. pygmy short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis kunsi

Ancestry of “bolivianpäästäisopossumi”, step by step

bolivianpäästäisopossumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Bolivia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBoliviaBolivia's
2SpanishBolivia
3SpanishBolívarSimón Bolívar (1783–1830), South American leader, the most famous person with this surname
4BasqueBolibar
5Basqueboluwindmill
6Latinmolīnuma mill
7Latinmolīnusmill
8Latinmolamillstone; mill; ground meal
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish päästäisopossumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäästäisopossumishort-tailed opossum opossum of the genus
2Finnishpäästäinenshrew
3Finnishpäästääto let; to emit, give off; to temper
4Finnishpäästäto get to, reach, arrive at/in; to get to go, be...
5Finnishpäähead; end, tip
6Proto-Finnicpäähead
7Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-
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