Where does “perhe-elämä” come from?

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

perhe-elämä (Finnish): family life

Definitions

  1. family life

Ancestry of “perhe-elämä”, step by step

perhe-elämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperhefamily, nuclear family
2Proto-Finnicperehfamily, nuclear family
3Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →