Where does “pääsy” come from?

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

pääsy (Finnish): access, clearance; admission

Definitions

  1. access, clearance; admission

Ancestry of “pääsy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäästäto get to, reach, arrive at/in; to get to go, be...
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

Words derived from “pääsy”

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →