Where does “pääheinät” come from?

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

pääheinät (Ingrian): grass used as an underlay for cattle

Definitions

  1. grass used as an underlay for cattle

Ancestry of “pääheinät”, step by step

pääheinät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Ingrian heinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianheinähay
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Ingrian pää →