Where does “tupsupää” come from?
tupsupää (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupsu, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
tupsupää (Finnish): tuft end
Ancestry of “tupsupää”, step by step
tupsupää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tupsu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tupsu | tuft; bobble, pompom; tussle |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish pää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
Words derived from “tupsupää”