Where does “kuohupää” come from?

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

kuohupää (Finnish): frothy wave

Definitions

  1. frothy wave

Ancestry of “kuohupää”, step by step

kuohupää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kuohu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuohufoam, froth; Indicative present connegative form...
2Proto-Finnickoohu—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →