Where does “isosetä” come from?

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

isosetä (Finnish): great-uncle

Definitions

  1. great-uncle

Ancestry of “isosetä”, step by step

isosetä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish setä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsetäpaternal uncle, uncle; man
2Swedishskädda—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →