Where does “kantapää” come from?
kantapää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.
kantapää (Finnish): heel
Ancestry of “kantapää”, step by step
kantapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
via Finnish kanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanta | stem; position, opinion, point of view, account;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kanta | heel |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kanta | — |
Words derived from “kantapää”