Where does “päänkipu” come from?

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

päänkipu (Finnish): Alternative form of pääkipu

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of pääkipu

Ancestry of “päänkipu”, step by step

päänkipu 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 →