Where does “perheenpää” come from?
perheenpää (Finnish) comes from Finnish perhe, from Proto-Finnic pereh, from Proto-Finnic perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä.
perheenpää (Finnish): head of family
Ancestry of “perheenpää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | perhe | family, nuclear family |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pereh | family, nuclear family |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | perä | rear, back; far end |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | — |