Where does “isokorvaopossumi” come from?

isokorvaopossumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

Ancestry of “isokorvaopossumi”, step by step

isokorvaopossumi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

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 korva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorvaear; edge, border; handle
2Proto-Finnickorvaear; side part; handle
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →