Where does “isäntä” come from?

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

isäntä (Finnish): master; householder; host

Definitions

  1. master; householder; host

Ancestry of “isäntä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “isäntä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →