Where does “kalanpää” come from?

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

kalanpää (Finnish): fishhead

Definitions

  1. fishhead

Ancestry of “kalanpää”, step by step

kalanpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →