Where does “villapää” come from?

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

villapää (Ingrian): cottongrass

Definitions

  1. cottongrass

Ancestry of “villapää”, step by step

villapää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Ingrian villa

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