Where does “avopuoliso” come from?

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

avopuoliso (Finnish): cohabitant

Definitions

  1. cohabitant

Ancestry of “avopuoliso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolisospouse
2Finnishisobig; large; great
3Finnishisäfather; Father
4Proto-Finnicicäfather
5Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →
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