Where does “perkuulauta” come from?

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

perkuulauta (Finnish): fish cleaning board, fish gutting board

Definitions

  1. fish cleaning board, fish gutting board

Ancestry of “perkuulauta”, step by step

perkuulauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perkuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperkuuall senses
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 lauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
2Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
3Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →