Where does “isojerbo” come from?

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

isojerbo (Finnish): great jerboa, Allactaga major species of rodent found in deserts of Central Asia

Definitions

  1. great jerboa, Allactaga major species of rodent found in deserts of Central Asia

Ancestry of “isojerbo”, step by step

isojerbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish jerbo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjerbojerboa
2EnglishjerboaAny of a number of species comprising most of the...
3Arabicجَرْبُوع—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →