Where does “isotinami” come from?

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

isotinami (Finnish): great tinamou, Tinamus major South American bird

Definitions

  1. great tinamou, Tinamus major South American bird

Ancestry of “isotinami”, step by step

isotinami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish tinami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtinamitinamou bird of the family
2Frenchtinamoutinamou bird
3Galibi Caribtinamu—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →