Where does “hermopääte” come from?

hermopääte (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääte, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

hermopääte (Finnish): neural ending

Definitions

  1. neural ending

Ancestry of “hermopääte”, step by step

hermopääte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääteend, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal
2Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish hermo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhermonerve; snap
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →
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