Where does “kannustuslisä” come from?

kannustuslisä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kannustus, from Finnish kannustaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

kannustuslisä (Finnish): incentive bonus, incentive payment

Definitions

  1. incentive bonus, incentive payment

Ancestry of “kannustuslisä”, step by step

kannustuslisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kannustus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkannustusencouraging, supporting
2Finnishkannustaato encourage, support; to cheer
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish lisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisäaddition, increase, supplement
2Proto-Finniclisäaddition, increase
3Proto-Finno-Permiclisä
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka