Where does “hiiriopossumi” come from?

hiiriopossumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish opossumi, from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum, from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa.

hiiriopossumi (Finnish): mouse opossum opossum of the genus

Definitions

  1. mouse opossum opossum of the genus

Ancestry of “hiiriopossumi”, step by step

hiiriopossumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opossumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopossumiopossum marsupial of the family Didelphidae
2EnglishopossumAny American marsupial of the family Didelphidae....
3Powhatanaposoumwhite animal
4Proto-Algonquian*wa·p-aʔθemwa—

via Finnish hiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
2Proto-Finnichiirimouse
3Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

Words derived from “hiiriopossumi”

Every word from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa →Every word from Powhatan aposoum →Every word from English opossum →