Where does “kiharapää” come from?

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

kiharapää (Finnish): curlyhead

Definitions

  1. curlyhead

Ancestry of “kiharapää”, step by step

kiharapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kihara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiharacurly; complicated, difficult; curl

Words derived from “kiharapää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →