Where does “talipää” come from?

talipää (Finnish) comes from Finnish tali, from Swedish talg, from Old Swedish talgher, from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic talgaz, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

talipää (Finnish): blockhead, idiot

Definitions

  1. blockhead, idiot

Ancestry of “talipää”, step by step

talipää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalisuet; tallow; sebum
2Swedishtalgtallow
3Old Swedishtalgher—
4Middle Low Germantalch—
5Old Saxontalg—
6Proto-West Germanic*talg—
7Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
8Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →