Where does “isomasto” come from?
isomasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.
isomasto (Finnish): mainmast
Ancestry of “isomasto”, step by step
isomasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish iso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iso | big; large; great |
| 2 | Finnish | isä | father; Father |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | icä | father |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ićä | father |
via Finnish masto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | masto | mast |
| 2 | Old Swedish | mast | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mastaz | rod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mazdos | pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,... |