Where does “isokasuaari” come from?

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

isokasuaari (Finnish): northern cassowary

Definitions

  1. northern cassowary

Ancestry of “isokasuaari”, step by step

isokasuaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish kasuaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasuaaricassowary
2Malaykasuaricassowary
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →