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Where does “perimä” come from?

perimä (Finnish) comes from Finnish periä, from Finnish perätä, from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä.

perimä (Finnish): genome; genotype; inheritance

Definitions

  1. genome; genotype; inheritance

Ancestry of “perimä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperiäto inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive...
2Finnishperätäto dun, question, try to find out; especially in...
3Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perä—

Words derived from “perimä”

  • geeniperimä
  • perimätieto
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