Where does “tuttavaperhe” come from?

tuttavaperhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish perhe, from Proto-Finnic pereh, from Proto-Finnic perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.

tuttavaperhe (Finnish): a family that one has a good relationship with but is not one's own

Definitions

  1. a family that one has a good relationship with but is not one's own

Ancestry of “tuttavaperhe”, step by step

tuttavaperhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperhefamily, nuclear family
2Proto-Finnicperehfamily, nuclear family
3Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish tuttava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuttavaacquaintance
2FinnishtutaAlternative form of tuntea
3Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
4Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
5Proto-Uralictumte-to know
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →