Where does “perinnönjättäjä” come from?
perinnönjättäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish perintö, from Finnish periä, from Finnish perätä, from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.
perinnönjättäjä (Finnish): one who left an inheritance, testator
Definitions
- one who left an inheritance, testator
Ancestry of “perinnönjättäjä”, step by step
perinnönjättäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish perintö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perintö | heritage; inheritance; legacy |
| 2 | Finnish | periä | to inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | perätä | to dun, question, try to find out; especially in... |
| 4 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |