Where does “kukkurapäinen” come from?
kukkurapäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkura, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
Ancestry of “kukkurapäinen”, step by step
kukkurapäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kukkura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kukkura | heaped measure |
| 2 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 3 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish pää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |