Where does “Pyhä Isä” come from?

Pyhä Isä (Finnish) comes from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

Pyhä Isä (Finnish): The Holy Father God

Definitions

  1. The Holy Father God

Ancestry of “Pyhä Isä”, step by step

Pyhä Isä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäfather; Father
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish pyhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyhäholy, sacred; Sunday, dominical,...
2Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
3Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →