peräisin

Finnish

Etymology

perä +‎ -isin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperæi̯sin/, [ˈpe̞ræi̯s̠in]
• Rhymes: -eræisin
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧räi‧sin

Adverb

peräisin

1. Always used together with the verb olla (to be) signifying: to be original to, to have one's origins in, to originate from, to come from.

   Pizza on peräisin Italiasta.

   Pizza is originally from Italy.

Synonyms

• kotoisin

Further reading

• “peräisin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03