Where does “peaminister” come from?

peaminister (Estonian) comes from Estonian pea, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

peaminister (Estonian): prime minister

Definitions

  1. prime minister

Ancestry of “peaminister”, step by step

peaminister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian pea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpeahead; almost; soon, immediately, quickly
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Estonian minister

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianminister—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Estonian pea →