Where does “palmikkopää” come from?

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

palmikkopää (Finnish): someone with braided hair

Definitions

  1. someone with braided hair

Ancestry of “palmikkopää”, step by step

palmikkopää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish palmikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalmikkoplait
2Proto-Finnicpalmikkoiplait, braid
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