Where does “elinkeinovero” come from?

elinkeinovero (Finnish) comes from Finnish elinkeino, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

elinkeinovero (Finnish): business tax

Definitions

  1. business tax

Ancestry of “elinkeinovero”, step by step

elinkeinovero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elinkeino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinkeinolivelihood, living; trade, business
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin- →
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