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Where does “isand” come from?

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

isand (Estonian): lord, master; a German, an upper-class man

Definitions

  1. lord, master; a German, an upper-class man

Ancestry of “isand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianisafather
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather

Words derived from “isand”

  • issand
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