Where does “perälaita” come from?
perälaita (Finnish) comes from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.
perälaita (Finnish): rear edge, rear side
Ancestry of “perälaita”, step by step
perälaita 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 laita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laita | edge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -mpi | Forms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -mpa | — |