Where does “perkausrauta” come from?

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

perkausrauta (Finnish): a type of tool used to gut a fish

Definitions

  1. a type of tool used to gut a fish

Ancestry of “perkausrauta”, step by step

perkausrauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperkausgutting evisceration of a fish
2Finnishperätäto dun, question, try to find out; especially in...
3Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →