Where does “isännimi” come from?

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

isännimi (Finnish): patronym

Definitions

  1. patronym

Ancestry of “isännimi”, step by step

isännimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäfather; Father
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →