Where does “alkupalkka” come from?
alkupalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
alkupalkka (Finnish): starting salary, starting wage, initial pay
Definitions
- starting salary, starting wage, initial pay
Ancestry of “alkupalkka”, step by step
alkupalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alku | start, beginning, inception, incipience; first,... |
| 2 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |
via Finnish palkka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | palkka | pay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | palkka | pay, salary, reward |