Where does “kunnanisä” come from?

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

kunnanisä (Finnish): municipal leader

Definitions

  1. municipal leader

Ancestry of “kunnanisä”, step by step

kunnanisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isä

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

via Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →
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