Where does “päätagra” come from?

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

päätagra (Ingrian): severed head of a catch

Definitions

  1. severed head of a catch

Ancestry of “päätagra”, step by step

päätagra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Ingrian tagra

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