Where does “humalapäissä” come from?

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

humalapäissä (Finnish): while drunk, in a drunken fit

Definitions

  1. while drunk, in a drunken fit

Ancestry of “humalapäissä”, step by step

humalapäissä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish humala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhumalahop; drunkenness, intoxication, high
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*humala—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →
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