Where does “valkovatsaopossumi” come from?

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

valkovatsaopossumi (Finnish): Didelphis albiventris

Definitions

  1. Didelphis albiventris

Ancestry of “valkovatsaopossumi”, step by step

valkovatsaopossumi 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 vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa →Every word from Powhatan aposoum →Every word from English opossum →