Where does “isoisä” come from?

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

isoisä (Finnish): grandfather

Definitions

  1. grandfather

Ancestry of “isoisä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “isoisä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →