Where does “peräkkäishaku” come from?

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

peräkkäishaku (Finnish): linear search, sequential search

Definitions

  1. linear search, sequential search

Ancestry of “peräkkäishaku”, step by step

peräkkäishaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peräkkäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperäkkäinensuccessive, consecutive, serial
2Finnishperäkkäinsuccessively, one after the other, one after...
3Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish haku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakusearch; applying, application
2FinnishhakeaTo retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply
3Proto-Finnichakedakto pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect
4Proto-Germanicsākija-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →