Where does “isoisoisoisä” come from?

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

isoisoisoisä (Finnish): great-great-grandfather

Definitions

  1. great-great-grandfather

Ancestry of “isoisoisoisä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisoisoisägreat-grandfather
2Finnishisoisägrandfather
3Finnishisobig; large; great
4Finnishisäfather; Father
5Proto-Finnicicäfather
6Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →