Where does “sormenpäähiäin” come from?

sormenpäähiäin (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian päähiäin, from Ingrian -iain, from Ingrian -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

sormenpäähiäin (Ingrian): thimble

Definitions

  1. thimble

Ancestry of “sormenpäähiäin”, step by step

sormenpäähiäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian päähiäin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäähiäinnut
2Ingrian-iainUsed to form nouns, especially names of insects
3Ingrian-inForms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Ingrian sormi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansormifinger
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Ingrian -in →Every word from Ingrian -iain →