Where does “pehmoisä” come from?

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

pehmoisä (Finnish): soft dad, lenient dad

Definitions

  1. soft dad, lenient dad

Ancestry of “pehmoisä”, step by step

pehmoisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish isä

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

via Finnish pehmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmosofty; When used as modifier in a compound term,...
2Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
3Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →