Where does “isännänviiri” come from?

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

isännänviiri (Finnish): household pennant pennant flown at a house when the owner is home and it is not a flag day

Definitions

  1. household pennant pennant flown at a house when the owner is home and it is not a flag day

Ancestry of “isännänviiri”, step by step

isännänviiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäntämaster; householder; host
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish viiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviiripennon, pennant, streamer; gyron
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →