Where does “isopurje” come from?
isopurje (Finnish) comes from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.
isopurje (Finnish): mainsail
Ancestry of “isopurje”, step by step
| 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 |