Where does “perhe” come from?

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

perhe (Finnish): family, nuclear family

Definitions

  1. family, nuclear family

Ancestry of “perhe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicperehfamily, nuclear family
2Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
3Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
4Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

Words derived from “perhe”

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