Where does “keropää” come from?

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

keropää (Finnish): baldie; Roundhead

Definitions

  1. baldie; Roundhead

Ancestry of “keropää”, step by step

keropää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkeroA round, treeless top of a fell; now mostly in...
2Northern Samičearruvegetation-poor high mountain stretch
3Proto-Samicčearōtreeless felltop
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