Where does “vallanperijä” come from?

vallanperijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish perijä, from Finnish periä, from Finnish perätä, from Finnish perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.

vallanperijä (Finnish): heir, successor someone who will inherit power

Definitions

  1. heir, successor someone who will inherit power

Ancestry of “vallanperijä”, step by step

vallanperijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperijäheir
2Finnishperiäto inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive...
3Finnishperätäto dun, question, try to find out; especially in...
4Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
5Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
6Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish valta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltapower, authority, rule; main, principal; country,...
2Proto-Finnicvaltamight, power, authority; white
3Proto-Germanicwaldąmight, power, authority
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaldʰ-to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess
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