Where does “isonieriä” come from?

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

isonieriä (Finnish): large Arctic char larger of the two variants of Arctic char

Definitions

  1. large Arctic char larger of the two variants of Arctic char

Ancestry of “isonieriä”, step by step

isonieriä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish nieriä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnieriäArctic char
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →