Where does “tyttöpää” come from?

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

tyttöpää (Ingrian): unmarried woman

Definitions

  1. unmarried woman

Ancestry of “tyttöpää”, step by step

tyttöpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Ingrian tyttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriantyttölass, girl
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋeEvery word from Proto-Finnic pääEvery word from Ingrian pää