Where does “čünnerpää” come from?

čünnerpää (Votic) comes from Votic pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

čünnerpää (Votic): elbow

Definitions

  1. elbow

Ancestry of “čünnerpää”, step by step

čünnerpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Votic pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticpäähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Votic čüünere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticčüünerecubit old unit of length
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Votic pää →