Where does “isotanrekki” come from?

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

isotanrekki (Finnish): tailless tenrec

Definitions

  1. tailless tenrec

Ancestry of “isotanrekki”, step by step

isotanrekki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish tanrekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanrekkitenrec
2Frenchtanrectenrec
3Malagasytàndraka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →