Where does “isokudu” come from?

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

isokudu (Finnish): greater kudu

Definitions

  1. greater kudu

Ancestry of “isokudu”, step by step

isokudu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish kudu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkudu
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićäEvery word from Proto-Finnic icäEvery word from Finnish isä
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