Where does “perä” come from?

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

perä (Ingrian): buttocks

Definitions

  1. buttocks

Ancestry of “perä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugricperä
2Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

Words derived from “perä

Every word from Proto-Uralic *peräEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä