Where does “kuumapää” come from?

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

kuumapää (Finnish): hothead

Definitions

  1. hothead

Ancestry of “kuumapää”, step by step

kuumapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kuuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
2Proto-Finnickuumahot

Words derived from “kuumapää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →
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