Where does “kuononpää” come from?

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

kuononpää (Finnish): rhinarium, nose leather naked surface of skin around the external openings of the nostrils of the nose in most mammals

Definitions

  1. rhinarium, nose leather naked surface of skin around the external openings of the nostrils of the nose in most mammals

Ancestry of “kuononpää”, step by step

kuononpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kuono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuonosnout, muzzle
2Proto-Finnickoonosnout, muzzle
3Proto-Norsegōnō—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →