Where does “päätäntäelin” come from?
päätäntäelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish päätäntä, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.
päätäntäelin (Finnish): decision-making body
Ancestry of “päätäntäelin”, step by step
päätäntäelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päätäntä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päätäntä | decision; conclusion |
| 2 | Finnish | päättää | to end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close |
| 3 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
via Finnish elin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elin | organ of an organism; governmental body; member |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |