Where does “kolmipäin” come from?

kolmipäin (Ingrian) comes from Finnish kolmi-, from Finnish kolme, from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

kolmipäin (Ingrian): three-headed

Definitions

  1. three-headed

Ancestry of “kolmipäin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmi-tri-, three-, triple
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolmeEvery word from Finnish kolmiEvery word from Finnish kolmi-