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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

Definitions

  1. featherbed

Ancestry of “perinä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпери́наfeather bed
2Serbo-Croatianperinapillow
3Serbo-Croatian-inaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
4Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...
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