Where does “sinnepäin” come from?

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

sinnepäin (Finnish): (in) that direction, that way into a direction referred to but not pointed at by the speaker

Definitions

  1. (in) that direction, that way into a direction referred to but not pointed at by the speaker

Ancestry of “sinnepäin”, step by step

sinnepäin 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 sinne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinnethere
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 →