Where does “Oripää” come from?

Oripää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

Ancestry of “Oripää”, step by step

Oripää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish ori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoristallion
2Proto-Finnicorihstallion

Words derived from “Oripää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →