Where does “mustapäinen” come from?

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

mustapäinen (Finnish): black-tipped

Definitions

  1. black-tipped

Ancestry of “mustapäinen”, step by step

mustapäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →