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Where does “pärastlõuna” come from?

pärastlõuna (Estonian) comes from Estonian pärast, from Estonian pära, from Proto-Finnic perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä.

pärastlõuna (Estonian): afternoon

Definitions

  1. afternoon

Ancestry of “pärastlõuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpärastelative singular of pära; after, afterwards,...
2Estonianpärarear, back, backside; butt of a gun
3Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perä—
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