Where does “isäpappa” come from?

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

isäpappa (Finnish): old man one's father

Definitions

  1. old man one's father

Ancestry of “isäpappa”, step by step

isäpappa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isä

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

via Finnish pappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpappadad; grandpa, grandfather
2Swedishpappadad, father
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →