Where does “venezuelanvillaopossumi” come from?
venezuelanvillaopossumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish villaopossumi, from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
venezuelanvillaopossumi (Finnish): bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander
Definitions
- bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander
Ancestry of “venezuelanvillaopossumi”, step by step
venezuelanvillaopossumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish villaopossumi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | villaopossumi | woolly opossum opossum of the genus Caluromys |
| 2 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 3 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 4 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via Finnish Venezuela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Venezuela | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Venezuela | Venezuela |
| 3 | Italian | Veneziola | — |
| 4 | Italian | Venezia | Venice |
| 5 | Latin | Venetia | Venice |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |