Where does “avoperä” come from?

avoperä (Finnish) comes from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.

avoperä (Finnish): adit horizontal tunnel from the surface to the mine

Definitions

  1. adit horizontal tunnel from the surface to the mine

Ancestry of “avoperä”, step by step

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