Where does “isohäntälepakko” come from?

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

isohäntälepakko (Finnish): greater mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma microphyllum

Definitions

  1. greater mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma microphyllum

Ancestry of “isohäntälepakko”, step by step

isohäntälepakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish häntälepakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntälepakkomouse-tailed bat bat of the genus
2Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
3Proto-Finnichäntätail
4Proto-Uralicčänčä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →
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