Where does “vesipäinen” come from?

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

vesipäinen (Finnish): hydrocephalous

Definitions

  1. hydrocephalous

Ancestry of “vesipäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesipäähydrocephalus
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

Words derived from “vesipäinen

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋeEvery word from Proto-Finnic pääEvery word from Finnish pää
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