Where does “peräkontti” come from?
peräkontti (Finnish) comes from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.
Ancestry of “peräkontti”, step by step
peräkontti 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 kontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kontti | traditional type of knapsack made of birch bark;... |
| 2 | English | container | Someone who contains; something that contains; An... |
| 3 | Middle English | conteyner | — |