Where does “villaopossumi” come from?
villaopossumi (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic halmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
villaopossumi (Finnish): woolly opossum opossum of the genus Caluromys
Definitions
- woolly opossum opossum of the genus Caluromys
Ancestry of “villaopossumi”, step by step
villaopossumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish villa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 2 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 3 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 5 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
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 | — |