Where does “pääjehu” come from?

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

pääjehu (Finnish): big kahuna, head honcho, top banana, bigwig

Definitions

  1. big kahuna, head honcho, top banana, bigwig

Ancestry of “pääjehu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpää-main, head, prime, primary, principal, leading
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →