Where does “apasam” come from?

apasam (Irish) comes from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum, from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa.

apasam (Irish): opossum

Definitions

  1. opossum

Ancestry of “apasam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopossumAny American marsupial of the family Didelphidae....
2Powhatanaposoumwhite animal
3Proto-Algonquian*wa·p-aʔθemwa—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa →Every word from Powhatan aposoum →Every word from English opossum →