Where does “isomerikokki” come from?

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

isomerikokki (Finnish): common dragonet, Callionymus lyra species of dragonet widely distributed in the eastern North Atlantic

Definitions

  1. common dragonet, Callionymus lyra species of dragonet widely distributed in the eastern North Atlantic

Ancestry of “isomerikokki”, step by step

isomerikokki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish merikokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerikokkidragonet fish of the family Callionymidae
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →