Where does “allapäin” come from?

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

allapäin (Finnish): down, crestfallen

Definitions

  1. down, crestfallen

Ancestry of “allapäin”, step by step

allapäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish alla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishallabeneath, underneath, below; under, underneath;...
2Proto-Finnicallaunder
3Proto-Uralic-naat, in
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