Where does “perä” come from?

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

perä (Võro): back, rear; rear end, rear part; backside

Definitions

  1. back, rear; rear end, rear part; backside

Ancestry of “perä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

Words derived from “perä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →