Where does “hyödykevero” come from?

hyödykevero (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyödyke, from Finnish hyöty, from Finnish hyötää, from Finnish hyvä, from Proto-Finnic *hüvä.

hyödykevero (Finnish): commodity tax

Definitions

  1. commodity tax

Ancestry of “hyödykevero”, step by step

hyödykevero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hyödyke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyödykecommodity, good
2Finnishhyötybenefit, gain, advantage; utility
3Finnishhyötääto force; to grow, to prosper
4Finnishhyvägood; desirable, advisable
5Proto-Finnic*hüvä—

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Finnic *hüvä →Every word from Finnish hyvä →Every word from Finnish hyötää →