Where does “peruke” come from?

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

peruke (Finnish): wire trace, snood

Definitions

  1. wire trace, snood

Ancestry of “peruke”, step by step

peruke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperuheritage; origin; Indicative present connegative...
2Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
3Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
4Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish ke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkeAbbreviation of keskiviikko
2Finnishkeräball
3Finnishkerallawith, accompanying
4FinnishkerrallaAdessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...

Words derived from “peruke”

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