Where does “perimätapa” come from?

perimätapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish perimä, from Finnish periä, from Finnish perätä, from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.

Ancestry of “perimätapa”, step by step

perimätapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perimä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperimägenome; genotype; inheritance
2Finnishperiäto inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive...
3Finnishperätäto dun, question, try to find out; especially in...
4Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
5Proto-Finno-Ugricperä
6Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature
Every word from Proto-Uralic *peräEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric peräEvery word from Finnish perä
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