Where does “puupää” come from?

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

puupää (Finnish): blockhead

Definitions

  1. blockhead

Ancestry of “puupää”, step by step

puupää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →