Where does “kisaisäntä” come from?

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

kisaisäntä (Finnish): host of a competition

Definitions

  1. host of a competition

Ancestry of “kisaisäntä”, step by step

kisaisäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäntämaster; householder; host
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish kisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkisacompetition, games
2Proto-Finnickisagame, play, competition
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiśɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →