Where does “pääsymaksu” come from?

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

pääsymaksu (Finnish): entry fee, entrance fee payment required to gain admittance to an event

Definitions

  1. entry fee, entrance fee payment required to gain admittance to an event

Ancestry of “pääsymaksu”, step by step

pääsymaksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääsy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääsyaccess, clearance; admission
2Finnishpäästäto get to, reach, arrive at/in; to get to go, be...
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish maksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksufee; payment
2Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
3Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
4Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →