Where does “perinä” come from?
perinä (Karelian) comes from Russian пери́на, from Serbo-Croatian perina, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...
perinä (Karelian): featherbed
Ancestry of “perinä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | пери́на | feather bed |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | perina | pillow |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | -ina | Suffix appended to words to create a feminine... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ina | Denominal, forming collectives denoting something... |