Where does “jäämämaksu” come from?

jäämämaksu (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäämä, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

jäämämaksu (Finnish): A punitive interest payable on tax arrears on top of the statutory interest on late payments

Definitions

  1. A punitive interest payable on tax arrears on top of the statutory interest on late payments

Ancestry of “jäämämaksu”, step by step

jäämämaksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäämäremnant, residue; trace
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish maksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksufee; payment
2Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
3Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
4Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →