Where does “peräruisku” come from?
peräruisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.
peräruisku (Finnish): enema syringe
Ancestry of “peräruisku”, step by step
peräruisku 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 ruisku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruisku | sprayer, squirt, douche; syringe |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |