Where does “päätepuskin” come from?

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

päätepuskin (Finnish): buffer stop, buffer barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track

Definitions

  1. buffer stop, buffer barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track

Ancestry of “päätepuskin”, step by step

päätepuskin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääteend, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal
2Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish puskin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuskinA rammer or other tool for ramming or pushing
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →