Where does “isota” come from?

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

isota (Finnish): To grow bigger; To hunger for, desire

Definitions

  1. To grow bigger; To hunger for, desire

Ancestry of “isota”, step by step

isota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Greenlandic isuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicisumameaning, significance, conception; mind
2Proto-Inuit*icuma(-)—
3Proto-Eskimo*ǝcumǝ-—

Words derived from “isota”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →