Where does “töpöhäntä” come from?

töpöhäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

töpöhäntä (Finnish): bobtail

Definitions

  1. bobtail

Ancestry of “töpöhäntä”, step by step

töpöhäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish töpö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöpöstump, stub

Words derived from “töpöhäntä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →