Where does “päätäi” come from?
päätäi (Finnish) comes from Finnish täi, from Finnish tahi, from Finnish tahtoa, from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak — to want.
päätäi (Finnish): head louse
Ancestry of “päätäi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | täi | louse; A gold nugget between 2 mm to 4 mm by the... |
| 2 | Finnish | tahi | or |
| 3 | Finnish | tahtoa | to want; to tend; Partitive singular form of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tahtoidak | to want |