Where does “mustahartiaopossumi” come from?
mustahartiaopossumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Ancestry of “mustahartiaopossumi”, step by step
mustahartiaopossumi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hartia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 3 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 4 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish opossumi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opossumi | opossum marsupial of the family Didelphidae |
| 2 | English | opossum | Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.... |
| 3 | Powhatan | aposoum | white animal |
| 4 | Proto-Algonquian | *wa·p-aʔθemwa | — |