Where does “issand” come from?

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

issand (Estonian): oh my God!

Definitions

  1. oh my God!

Ancestry of “issand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianisandlord, master; a German, an upper-class man
2Estonianisafather
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Estonian isa →