Where does “sieltäpäin” come from?

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

sieltäpäin (Finnish): from somewhere that way

Definitions

  1. from somewhere that way

Ancestry of “sieltäpäin”, step by step

sieltäpäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäinagainst, to, on etc; Used to indicate approximate...
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish sieltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsieltäfrom there, thence
2Finnishseit; that; he, she
3Proto-Finnicseit
4Proto-Uralicśeit
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →