Where does “perzehattara” come from?

perzehattara (Karelian) comes from Finnish hattara — cotton candy.

perzehattara (Karelian): a rag of poor quality

Definitions

  1. a rag of poor quality

Ancestry of “perzehattara”, step by step

perzehattara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hattara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhattaracotton candy

via Karelian perze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianperze
Every word from Finnish hattara