Where does “isäntäeliö” come from?

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

isäntäeliö (Finnish): host organism organism that harbours a parasite and supplies it with nutrients

Definitions

  1. host organism organism that harbours a parasite and supplies it with nutrients

Ancestry of “isäntäeliö”, step by step

isäntäeliö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isäntä

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

via Finnish eliö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheliöorganism
2FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →