Where does “valkopääsorsa” come from?

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

valkopääsorsa (Finnish): white-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala

Definitions

  1. white-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala

Ancestry of “valkopääsorsa”, step by step

valkopääsorsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish Sorsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSorsaduck bird of the
2Proto-Finnicsorsaduck, mallard
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →