Where does “räkäpää” come from?

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

räkäpää (Finnish): blank, blank round

Definitions

  1. blank, blank round

Ancestry of “räkäpää”, step by step

räkäpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish räkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräkäsnot; rheum, water; saliva
2Proto-Finnicräkäsnot
3Proto-Germanichrēkąsaliva; snot
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →