Where does “nuijapää” come from?

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

nuijapää (Finnish): tadpole

Definitions

  1. tadpole

Ancestry of “nuijapää”, step by step

nuijapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish nuija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuijaclub; mallet, maul; bludgeon
2Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →