Where does “isoviistäjä” come from?

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

isoviistäjä (Finnish): Atlantic petrel

Definitions

  1. Atlantic petrel

Ancestry of “isoviistäjä”, step by step

isoviistäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish viistäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviistäjäbeveller; gadfly petrel
2Finnish-jäFront vowel variant of -ja
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →