Where does “töpöhäntä” come from?
töpöhäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.
töpöhäntä (Finnish): bobtail
Ancestry of “töpöhäntä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häntä | a narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | häntä | tail |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | čänčä | — |
Words derived from “töpöhäntä”