Where does “rištizā” come from?

rištizā (Livonian) comes from Livonian izā, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

rištizā (Livonian): godfather

Definitions

  1. godfather

Ancestry of “rištizā”, step by step

rištizā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian izā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianizāfather
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Livonian rišt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianrištcross
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Livonian izā →