Where does “isosimppu” come from?

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

isosimppu (Finnish): A species of fish in the family Cottidae,...

Definitions

  1. A species of fish in the family Cottidae,...

Ancestry of “isosimppu”, step by step

isosimppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish simppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsimppusculpin; plebe
2Swedishsimpasculpin fish in the
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →