Where does “piera” come from?

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

piera (Livonian): bottom

Definitions

  1. bottom

Ancestry of “piera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →