Where does “pääte” come from?

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

pääte (Finnish): end, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal

Definitions

  1. end, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal

Ancestry of “pääte”, step by step

pääte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päättää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “pääte”

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