Where does “naappapää” come from?

naappapää (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

naappapää (Ingrian): tadpole

Definitions

  1. tadpole

Ancestry of “naappapää”, step by step

naappapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Ingrian naappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannaappasoup ladle
2Proto-Germanichnappazbowl; cup
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →