Where does “Peräpohjola” come from?

Peräpohjola (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohjola, from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

Peräpohjola (Finnish): historically considered the northernmost part of Ostrobothnia, now making up the southern portion of Finnish Lapland

Definitions

  1. historically considered the northernmost part of Ostrobothnia, now making up the southern portion of Finnish Lapland

Ancestry of “Peräpohjola”, step by step

Peräpohjola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohjola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjolathe North, especially the Arctic and subarctic...
2Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
3Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
4Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →