Where does “nurinperin” come from?
nurinperin (Finnish) comes from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.
Ancestry of “nurinperin”, step by step
nurinperin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish perä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |
via Finnish nurin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nurin | over, inside out, upside down wrong way round or not standing up |
| 2 | Finnish | nurja | wrong; adverse |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | nurja | wrong, bad, poor |