Where does “isokenkäinen” come from?

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

isokenkäinen (Finnish): bigwig, nob

Definitions

  1. bigwig, nob

Ancestry of “isokenkäinen”, step by step

isokenkäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićäEvery word from Proto-Finnic icäEvery word from Finnish isä