Where does “*peni” come from?

*peni (Proto-Finno-Ugric) comes from Proto-Uralic penä — dog.

Ancestry of “*peni”, step by step

*peni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic penä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicpenädog

via Proto-Finno-Permic penä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Permicpenä—

Words derived from “*peni”

Every word from Proto-Uralic penä →