Where does “isokuovi” come from?

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

isokuovi (Finnish): Eurasian curlew

Definitions

  1. Eurasian curlew

Ancestry of “isokuovi”, step by step

isokuovi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish kuovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuovicurlew; Eurasian curlew
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →