Where does “supiaisopossumi” come from?
supiaisopossumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish supiainen, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
supiaisopossumi (Finnish): shrew opossum, shrew possum any of the small, shrew-like, pouchless marsupials endemic to South America
Definitions
- shrew opossum, shrew possum any of the small, shrew-like, pouchless marsupials endemic to South America
Ancestry of “supiaisopossumi”, step by step
supiaisopossumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish supiainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | supiainen | white-toothed shrew shrew of the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
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 | — |