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Where does “olkapää” come from?

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

olkapää (Finnish): shoulder

Definitions

  1. shoulder

Ancestry of “olkapää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “olkapää”

  • olkapääohjus
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