Where does “peru” come from?

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

peru (Finnish): heritage; origin; Indicative present connegative...

Definitions

  1. heritage; origin; Indicative present connegative...

Ancestry of “peru”, step by step

peru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Spanish Perú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPerúPeru
2Quechuapeluriver

Words derived from “peru”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →