Where does “joenperkaus” come from?

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

joenperkaus (Finnish): cleaning out of a river removal of rocks, vegetation and possibly riverbends from a river

Definitions

  1. cleaning out of a river removal of rocks, vegetation and possibly riverbends from a river

Ancestry of “joenperkaus”, step by step

joenperkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperkausgutting evisceration of a fish
2Finnishperätäto dun, question, try to find out; especially in...
3Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →
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