Where does “perkausveitsi” come from?

perkausveitsi (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.

perkausveitsi (Finnish): boning knife

Definitions

  1. boning knife

Ancestry of “perkausveitsi”, step by step

perkausveitsi 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 veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →