Where does “olkapääohjus” come from?

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

olkapääohjus (Finnish): shoulder-fired missile

Definitions

  1. shoulder-fired missile

Ancestry of “olkapääohjus”, step by step

olkapääohjus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olkapää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkapääshoulder
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish ohjus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjusmissile, guided missile
2Finnishohjatato steer, pilot, navigate, drive a vehicle; to...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ohjat'ak—
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