Where does “perkiö” come from?

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

perkiö (Finnish): arable land or meadow tilled from hinterland

Definitions

  1. arable land or meadow tilled from hinterland

Ancestry of “perkiö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperätäto dun, question, try to find out; especially in...
2Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
3Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
4Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →