Where does “mustaisoliituri” come from?

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

mustaisoliituri (Finnish): black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas

Definitions

  1. black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas

Ancestry of “mustaisoliituri”, step by step

mustaisoliituri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

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

via Finnish liituri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliituriflying squirrel squirrel of the tribe Petauristinae in the family
2Finnishliitääto sail; to glide; to soar
3Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →