Where does “taivutuspääte” come from?
taivutuspääte (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääte, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.
taivutuspääte (Finnish): inflectional ending
Ancestry of “taivutuspääte”, step by step
taivutuspääte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pääte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääte | end, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal |
| 2 | Finnish | päättää | to end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close |
| 3 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
via Finnish taivutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taivutus | bending; inflection; declension |
| 2 | Finnish | taivuttaa | to make something curved, to bend; to persuade or... |
| 3 | Finnish | taipua | to become curved, to bend; to change one's... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taipudak | — |