Where does “pä” come from?

pä (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

pä (Veps): head; top, summit; head, chief, primary, main

Definitions

  1. head; top, summit; head, chief, primary, main

Ancestry of “pä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpäähead
2Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →