Where does “perekond” come from?

perekond (Estonian) comes from Estonian pere, from Proto-Finnic pereh, from Proto-Finnic perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.

perekond (Estonian): family

Definitions

  1. family

Ancestry of “perekond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianperefamily
2Proto-Finnicperehfamily, nuclear family
3Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

Words derived from “perekond”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →
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