Where does “isojalkapusseli” come from?

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

isojalkapusseli (Finnish): southern pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus extinct marsupial species native to Australia

Definitions

  1. southern pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus extinct marsupial species native to Australia

Ancestry of “isojalkapusseli”, step by step

isojalkapusseli traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish pusseli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpusselibandicoot, bilby any marsupial of the order
2Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
3Old Swedishpusi—
4Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →