Where does “head” come from?

head (Estonian) comes from Estonian hea, from Estonian hää, from Proto-Finnic *hüvä.

head (Estonian): inflection of hea: ## partitive singular ##...

Definitions

  1. inflection of hea: ## partitive singular ##...

Ancestry of “head”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianheagood
2Estonianhäägood
3Proto-Finnic*hüvä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic *hüvä →Every word from Estonian hää →Every word from Estonian hea →