Where does “uhmapää” come from?

uhmapää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

uhmapää (Finnish): defiant or foolhardy person

Definitions

  1. defiant or foolhardy person

Ancestry of “uhmapää”, step by step

uhmapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish uhma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhmadefiance
2Proto-Finnicuhma—

Words derived from “uhmapää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →
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