Where does “kaljupää” come from?

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

kaljupää (Finnish): baldie

Definitions

  1. baldie

Ancestry of “kaljupää”, step by step

kaljupää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kalju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaljubald, hairless, furless; bald person, baldy;...
2Finnishkalja-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →