Where does “peruke” come from?
peruke (Finnish) comes from Finnish peru, from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä.
peruke (Finnish): wire trace, snood
Ancestry of “peruke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | peru | heritage; origin; Indicative present connegative... |
| 2 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | — |