Where does “valkopäätikka” come from?

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

valkopäätikka (Finnish): white-headed woodpecker, Leuconotopicus albolarvatus, formerly Picoides albolarvatus

Definitions

  1. white-headed woodpecker, Leuconotopicus albolarvatus, formerly Picoides albolarvatus

Ancestry of “valkopäätikka”, step by step

valkopäätikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

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

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →