Where does “keräpää” come from?

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

keräpää (Finnish): someone/something with a round head, e.g. a person, animal or of ears of grain

Definitions

  1. someone/something with a round head, e.g. a person, animal or of ears of grain

Ancestry of “keräpää”, step by step

keräpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kerä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeräball
2Finnishkerallawith, accompanying
3FinnishkerrallaAdessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...
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