Where does “perunhemuli” come from?

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

perunhemuli (Finnish): taruca, Peruvian guemal, Northern huemul, north Andean deer, Hippocamelus antisensis species of deer native to South America

Definitions

  1. taruca, Peruvian guemal, Northern huemul, north Andean deer, Hippocamelus antisensis species of deer native to South America

Ancestry of “perunhemuli”, step by step

perunhemuli 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 hemuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhemulihuemul, South Andean deer, guemal South American deer of the genus Hippocamelus
2Spanishhuemulhuemul
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Finnish perä →