Where does “väli-isäntä” come from?

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

väli-isäntä (Finnish): intermediary host, secondary host organism that harbors the sexually immature parasite and is required by the parasite to undergo development and complete its life cycle; often also a vector of the parasite to reach its definitive host

Definitions

  1. intermediary host, secondary host organism that harbors the sexually immature parasite and is required by the parasite to undergo development and complete its life cycle; often also a vector of the parasite to reach its definitive host

Ancestry of “väli-isäntä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäntämaster; householder; host
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →
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