Where does “isosirri” come from?

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

isosirri (Finnish): red knot

Definitions

  1. red knot

Ancestry of “isosirri”, step by step

isosirri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish sirri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirrisandpiper, stint, knot, dunlin; In plural the...
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →