Where does “pääsärmä” come from?

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

pääsärmä (Finnish): primary cutting edge

Definitions

  1. primary cutting edge

Ancestry of “pääsärmä”, 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 →