Where does “isäpuoli” come from?

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

isäpuoli (Finnish): stepfather

Definitions

  1. stepfather

Ancestry of “isäpuoli”, step by step

isäpuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isä

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

via Finnish puoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
2Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
3Proto-Uralicpälähalf
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →