Where does “perintäkirje” come from?

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

perintäkirje (Finnish): collection letter, debt collection letter

Definitions

  1. collection letter, debt collection letter

Ancestry of “perintäkirje”, step by step

perintäkirje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perintä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperintädebt collection; recovery of taxes; 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 kirje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjeletter
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic *peräEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric peräEvery word from Finnish perä