Where does “perhehoito” come from?
perhehoito (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.
perhehoito (Finnish): foster care
Definitions
- foster care
Ancestry of “perhehoito”, step by step
perhehoito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish perhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | hindquarters, back part of something |
via Finnish hoito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hoito | care; nurture; treatment, cure, therapy, remedy |
| 2 | Finnish | hoitaa | to nurse, care; to cure; to deal with, fix |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | śćaHyáH | shade, shadow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ | shadow, shade |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |