Where does “koronkiskonta” come from?

koronkiskonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish korko, from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

koronkiskonta (Finnish): usury

Definitions

  1. usury

Ancestry of “koronkiskonta”, step by step

koronkiskonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkoheel; interest, interest rate; stress
2Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high

via Finnish kiskonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiskontausury, shylocking
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →Every word from Finnish korko →