apasam

Irish (Donegal)

noun

Definitions

opossum American marsupial

Etymology

Borrowed from English opossum derived from Powhatan aposoum (white animal) derived from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (white dog).

Origin

Proto-Algonquian

*wa·p-aʔθemwa

Gloss

white dog

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

opossum English
possum English
opossum Latin
opossum Dutch, Flemish
オポッサム Japanese
โอพอสซัม Thai
奧珀瑟姆 Chinese
*wa·p-aʔθemwa Proto-Algonquian
aposoum Powhatan