Where does “isopanda” come from?

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

isopanda (Finnish): giant panda

Definitions

  1. giant panda

Ancestry of “isopanda”, step by step

isopanda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish panda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpandapanda
2Frenchpandapanda
3Russianпа́ндаpanda (Ailurus fulgens)
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →