Where does “perhevalokuva” come from?

perhevalokuva (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.

perhevalokuva (Finnish): family photo

Definitions

  1. family photo

Ancestry of “perhevalokuva”, step by step

perhevalokuva 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 valokuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalokuvaphotograph, photo
2Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
3Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Uralic *peräEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric peräEvery word from Proto-Finnic perä