Where does “hakupalkka” come from?

hakupalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish haku, from Finnish hakea, from Proto-Finnic hakedak, from Proto-Germanic sākija-.

hakupalkka (Finnish): A type of middleman fee, i.e. a fee one earns by fetching goods to someone who does not have access to those goods themselves (e.g. alcohol and/or tobacco to a minor)

Definitions

  1. A type of middleman fee, i.e. a fee one earns by fetching goods to someone who does not have access to those goods themselves (e.g. alcohol and/or tobacco to a minor)

Ancestry of “hakupalkka”, step by step

hakupalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakusearch; applying, application
2FinnishhakeaTo retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply
3Proto-Finnichakedakto pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect
4Proto-Germanicsākija-—

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Germanic sākija- →Every word from Proto-Finnic hakedak →Every word from Finnish hakea →
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