Where does “pöllöpää” come from?

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

pöllöpää (Finnish): fool, dunce, simpleton, dumdum

Definitions

  1. fool, dunce, simpleton, dumdum

Ancestry of “pöllöpää”, step by step

pöllöpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish pöllö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöllöowl; fool; batty, stupid, crazy, silly
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →