Where does “piä” come from?

piä (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

piä (Karelian): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “piä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpäähead
2Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

Words derived from “piä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →