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Where does “isa” come from?

isa (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

isa (Estonian): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “isa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicicäfather
2Proto-Uralicićäfather

Words derived from “isa”

  • isadus
  • isamaa
  • isand
  • issand
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