Where does “nahkapäätös” come from?

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

nahkapäätös (Finnish): dismissal of action; by extension, any decision that fails to resolve a dispute

Definitions

  1. dismissal of action; by extension, any decision that fails to resolve a dispute

Ancestry of “nahkapäätös”, step by step

nahkapäätös traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päätös

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

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
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