Where does “paukapää” come from?

paukapää (Finnish) comes from Veps paukata, from Finnish paukkua, from Proto-Finnic paukkudak — to bang (sudden loud noises).

paukapää (Finnish): moron

Definitions

  1. moron

Ancestry of “paukapää”, step by step

paukapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Veps paukata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepspaukatato recruit; to hire; to subscribe to
2Finnishpaukkuato bang; to thunder
3Proto-Finnicpaukkudakto bang (sudden loud noises)

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Finnic paukkudak →Every word from Finnish paukkua →Every word from Veps paukata →