Where does “bruttopalkka” come from?

bruttopalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish brutto, from Swedish brutto, from Italian brutto, from Latin brūtus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

bruttopalkka (Finnish): gross pay, gross income

Definitions

  1. gross pay, gross income

Ancestry of “bruttopalkka”, step by step

bruttopalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish brutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbruttogross
2Swedishbruttogross
3Italianbruttougly, bad, nasty; ugly person; first-person...
4Latinbrūtus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
6Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us →Every word from Latin brūtus →