Where does “levinneisyys” come from?

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

levinneisyys (Finnish): distribution

Definitions

  1. distribution

Ancestry of “levinneisyys”, step by step

levinneisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisyysfatherhood, paternity
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish levinnyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevinnytspread (out), distributed

Words derived from “levinneisyys

Every word from Proto-Uralic ićäEvery word from Proto-Finnic icäEvery word from Finnish isä
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