Where does “isopaljasselkälepakko” come from?

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

isopaljasselkälepakko (Finnish): bare-backed fruit bat, Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia moluccensis fruit bat native to New Guinea

Definitions

  1. bare-backed fruit bat, Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia moluccensis fruit bat native to New Guinea

Ancestry of “isopaljasselkälepakko”, step by step

isopaljasselkälepakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish paljasselkälepakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaljasselkälepakkobare-backed fruit bat
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →