Where does “diskonttokorko” come from?

diskonttokorko (Finnish) comes from Finnish korko, from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

diskonttokorko (Finnish): discount rate interest rate that a central bank charges for the funds it lends to banks

Definitions

  1. discount rate interest rate that a central bank charges for the funds it lends to banks

Ancestry of “diskonttokorko”, step by step

diskonttokorko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkoheel; interest, interest rate; stress
2Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high

via Finnish diskontto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdiskonttodiscount
2Swedishdiskonto—
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →Every word from Finnish korko →