Where does “pääuoma” come from?

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

pääuoma (Finnish): main stream, principal stream, main channel of a riverine system

Definitions

  1. main stream, principal stream, main channel of a riverine system

Ancestry of “pääuoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpää-main, head, prime, primary, principal, leading
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →