Where does “kalanperkeet” come from?
kalanperkeet (Finnish) comes from Finnish perkeet, from Finnish perätä, from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.
kalanperkeet (Finnish): fish guts or parings
Definitions
- fish guts or parings
Ancestry of “kalanperkeet”, step by step
kalanperkeet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish perkeet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perkeet | parings, trimmings, guts, offal; refuse |
| 2 | Finnish | perätä | to dun, question, try to find out; especially in... |
| 3 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |