Where does “haittavero” come from?

haittavero (Finnish) comes from Finnish vero, from Proto-Finnic vero — meal.

haittavero (Finnish): Pigovian tax

Definitions

  1. Pigovian tax

Ancestry of “haittavero”, step by step

haittavero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal

via Finnish haitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaittadisadvantage, hindrance, con; tumbler
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