Where does “perekonnanimi” come from?

perekonnanimi (Estonian) comes from Estonian perekond, 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.

perekonnanimi (Estonian): surname, last name, family name

Definitions

  1. surname, last name, family name

Ancestry of “perekonnanimi”, step by step

perekonnanimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian perekond

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianperekondfamily
2Estonianperefamily
3Proto-Finnicperehfamily, nuclear family
4Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
5Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
6Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Estonian nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianniminame; nominal
2Proto-Finnicniminame
3Proto-Uralicnimename
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →