Where does “isyys” come from?

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

isyys (Finnish): fatherhood, paternity

Definitions

  1. fatherhood, paternity

Ancestry of “isyys”, step by step

isyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäfather; Father
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “isyys”

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