Where does “perävirtausyksikkö” come from?

perävirtausyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish virtaus, from Finnish virrata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

perävirtausyksikkö (Finnish): base bleed

Definitions

  1. base bleed

Ancestry of “perävirtausyksikkö”, step by step

perävirtausyksikkö traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virtaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtauscurrent
2Finnishvirratato flow, stream
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
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