Where does “isoisäpuoli” come from?

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

isoisäpuoli (Finnish): stepgrandfather

Definitions

  1. stepgrandfather

Ancestry of “isoisäpuoli”, step by step

isoisäpuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isoisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisoisägrandfather
2Finnishisobig; large; great
3Finnishisäfather; Father
4Proto-Finnicicäfather
5Proto-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 →