Where does “rinnanpää” come from?

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

rinnanpää (Finnish): tip of a breast, nipple

Definitions

  1. tip of a breast, nipple

Ancestry of “rinnanpää”, step by step

rinnanpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →