Where does “isokihu” come from?

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

isokihu (Finnish): great skua

Definitions

  1. great skua

Ancestry of “isokihu”, step by step

isokihu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish kihu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkihuskua, jaeger bird of the genus
2Finnishkihistäto sizzle, to hiss
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →