Where does “päänkivistys” come from?

päänkivistys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivistys, from Finnish kivistää, from Finnish kipeä, from Proto-Finnic kipedä — sore, painful, aching.

päänkivistys (Finnish): headache, nuisance

Definitions

  1. headache, nuisance

Ancestry of “päänkivistys”, step by step

päänkivistys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kivistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistysache
2FinnishkivistääTo ache
3Finnishkipeäill, sick; sore, aching, painful; very good
4Proto-Finnickipedäsore, painful, aching

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Finnic kipedä →Every word from Finnish kipeä →Every word from Finnish kivistää →