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Where does “nahkapää” come from?

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

nahkapää (Finnish): A skinhead

Definitions

  1. A skinhead

Ancestry of “nahkapää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →