Where does “isänisä” come from?

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

isänisä (Finnish): paternal grandfather

Definitions

  1. paternal grandfather

Ancestry of “isänisä”, 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 →