Where does “kähäräpää” come from?

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

kähäräpää (Finnish): a person with frizzy or curly hair

Definitions

  1. a person with frizzy or curly hair

Ancestry of “kähäräpää”, step by step

kähäräpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kähärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkähäräcurled, fuzzed
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →