Where does “pääkipu” come from?

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

pääkipu (Finnish): headache

Definitions

  1. headache

Ancestry of “pääkipu”, step by step

pääkipu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish kipu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkipupain; ache
2Proto-Finnickipupain, ache
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →