Where does “peruutusvalo” come from?
peruutusvalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish peruutus, from Finnish peruuttaa, from Finnish perua, from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.
peruutusvalo (Finnish): reversing light, reverse light
Definitions
- reversing light, reverse light
Ancestry of “peruutusvalo”, step by step
peruutusvalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish peruutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peruutus | A cancellation; A withdrawal; A revocation |
| 2 | Finnish | peruuttaa | To back, reverse, to backspace; To withdraw,... |
| 3 | Finnish | perua | Partitive singular form of peru; to withdraw,... |
| 4 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |