Where does “taittoperä” come from?
taittoperä (Finnish) comes from Finnish taitto, from Finnish taittaa, from Finnish taipua, from Proto-Finnic taipudak.
taittoperä (Finnish): folding stock
Ancestry of “taittoperä”, step by step
taittoperä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taitto | layout |
| 2 | Finnish | taittaa | to fold; to break; to refract |
| 3 | Finnish | taipua | to become curved, to bend; to change one's... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taipudak | — |
via Finnish perä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |