Where does “paksupää” come from?

paksupää (Finnish) comes from Finnish paksu, from Proto-Finnic paksu, from Proto-Indo-European bʰénǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰenǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰen- — to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...

paksupää (Finnish): thickhead someone stupid

Definitions

  1. thickhead someone stupid

Ancestry of “paksupää”, step by step

paksupää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaksuthick; bold; pregnant
2Proto-Finnicpaksuthick
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰénǵʰusdense, thick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰenǵʰ-thick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰen-to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...

via Finnish pää

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

Words derived from “paksupää”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰenǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰénǵʰus →