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Where does “oikopäätä” come from?

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

oikopäätä (Finnish): straight away

Definitions

  1. straight away

Ancestry of “oikopäätä”, step by step

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