Where does “päästäisopossumi” come from?
päästäisopossumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish päästäinen, from Finnish päästää, from Finnish päästä, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.
päästäisopossumi (Finnish): short-tailed opossum opossum of the genus
Definitions
- short-tailed opossum opossum of the genus
Ancestry of “päästäisopossumi”, step by step
päästäisopossumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päästäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päästäinen | shrew |
| 2 | Finnish | päästää | to let; to emit, give off; to temper |
| 3 | Finnish | päästä | to get to, reach, arrive at/in; to get to go, be... |
| 4 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
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 | — |