Where does “perkuu” come from?

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

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Ancestry of “perkuu”, step by step

perkuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perätä

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

via Finnish uu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuuThe name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest
2LatinU—
3LatinVve
4Etruscan?u

Words derived from “perkuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →