Where does “pääte-elin” come from?
pääte-elin (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääte, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.
pääte-elin (Finnish): end organ organ at the terminal end of something
Definitions
- end organ organ at the terminal end of something
Ancestry of “pääte-elin”, step by step
pääte-elin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pääte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääte | end, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal |
| 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 | — |