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Where does “kyynärpää” come from?

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

kyynärpää (Finnish): An elbow; The tip of an elbow

Definitions

  1. An elbow; The tip of an elbow

Ancestry of “kyynärpää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kyynärpää”

  • tenniskyynärpää
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