Where does “peremees” come from?

peremees (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.

peremees (Estonian): owner, proprietor

Definitions

  1. owner, proprietor

Ancestry of “peremees”, step by step

peremees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian pere

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

via Estonian mees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmeesman; husband; inessive singular of mesi
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →