Where does “perätä” come from?

perätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.

perätä (Finnish): to dun, question, try to find out; especially in...

Definitions

  1. to dun, question, try to find out; especially in...

Ancestry of “perätä”, step by step

perätä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perä

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

via Proto-Finnic pergat'ak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpergat'akto clear, to clean
2Proto-Germanicberganąto take care of; to preserve, to keep; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain

via Finnish tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

Words derived from “perätä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →