Where does “maksupääte” come from?

maksupääte (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääte, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

maksupääte (Finnish): payment terminal, point-of-sale terminal

Definitions

  1. payment terminal, point-of-sale terminal

Ancestry of “maksupääte”, step by step

maksupääte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääteend, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal
2Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish maksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksufee; payment
2Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
3Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
4Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →