Where does “isän” come from?

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

isän (Finnish): Genitive singular form of isä

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of isä

Ancestry of “isän”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäfather; Father
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →
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