Where does “isäntänimi” come from?

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

isäntänimi (Finnish): hostname

Definitions

  1. hostname

Ancestry of “isäntänimi”, step by step

isäntänimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isäntä

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