Where does “pojanpää” come from?

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

pojanpää (Finnish): head of a boy

Definitions

  1. head of a boy

Ancestry of “pojanpää”, step by step

pojanpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →