Where does “perätuuppari” come from?

perätuuppari (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuuppari, from Finnish -äri, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

perätuuppari (Finnish): kicker

Definitions

  1. kicker

Ancestry of “perätuuppari”, step by step

perätuuppari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuuppari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuuppari
2Finnish-äriFront vowel variant of -ari
3Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
4Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri