Where does “paskapää” come from?

paskapää (Finnish) comes from Finnish paska, from Finnish oja, from Proto-Slavic oje, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oyHsos.

paskapää (Finnish): shithead

Definitions

  1. shithead

Ancestry of “paskapää”, step by step

paskapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaskashit, crap, turd; bullshit, crap, shit, nonsense;...
2Finnishojaditch, trench; small natural brook
3Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oyHsos →Every word from Proto-Slavic oje →Every word from Finnish oja →