Where does “aviopuoliso” come from?

aviopuoliso (Finnish) comes from Finnish puoliso, from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

aviopuoliso (Finnish): spouse

Definitions

  1. spouse

Ancestry of “aviopuoliso”, step by step

aviopuoliso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puoliso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolisospouse
2Finnishisobig; large; great
3Finnishisäfather; Father
4Proto-Finnicicäfather
5Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish avio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaviomarriage; marital or married
2Finnishava-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →