Where does “isokoskelo” come from?

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

isokoskelo (Finnish): A species of merganser, "Mergus merganser"

Definitions

  1. A species of merganser, "Mergus merganser"

Ancestry of “isokoskelo”, step by step

isokoskelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish koskelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoskeloa merganser
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kośka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →