Where does “valkopääsaki” come from?

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

valkopääsaki (Finnish): white-faced saki, Guianan saki, Pithecia pithecia

Definitions

  1. white-faced saki, Guianan saki, Pithecia pithecia

Ancestry of “valkopääsaki”, step by step

valkopääsaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish saki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsakisaki monkey
2Frenchsakisaki monkey
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →