Where does “ikälisä” come from?

ikälisä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ikä, from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.

ikälisä (Finnish): long service increment bonus given to workers in the public sector based on how many years they have been working for

Definitions

  1. long service increment bonus given to workers in the public sector based on how many years they have been working for

Ancestry of “ikälisä”, step by step

ikälisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

via Finnish lisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisäaddition, increase, supplement
2Proto-Finniclisäaddition, increase
3Proto-Finno-Permiclisä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →
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