Where does “tähkäpää” come from?

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

tähkäpää (Finnish): head or ear of cereal that is bearing grain

Definitions

  1. head or ear of cereal that is bearing grain

Ancestry of “tähkäpää”, step by step

tähkäpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—

Words derived from “tähkäpää”

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