Where does “kallioperä” come from?

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

kallioperä (Finnish): bedrock lithified rock that lies under a loose softer material called regolith at the surface of the Earth or other terrestrial planets

Definitions

  1. bedrock lithified rock that lies under a loose softer material called regolith at the surface of the Earth or other terrestrial planets

Ancestry of “kallioperä”, step by step

kallioperä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo—
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ—

Words derived from “kallioperä”

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