Where does “person” come from?

person (Finnish) comes from Finnish perso, from Finnish perse, from Proto-Finnic persek — arse, buttocks.

person (Finnish): genitive singular of perso

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of perso

Ancestry of “person”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpersogreedy
2Finnishpersearse, ass; shit, fuck
3Proto-Finnicpersekarse, buttocks
Every word from Proto-Finnic persek →Every word from Finnish perse →Every word from Finnish perso →