Where does “nauhanpää” come from?

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

nauhanpää (Finnish): aiglet

Definitions

  1. aiglet

Ancestry of “nauhanpää”, step by step

nauhanpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →