Where does “kovapalkkainen” come from?

kovapalkkainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish palkka, from Proto-Finnic palkka — pay, salary, reward.

kovapalkkainen (Finnish): well-paid, highly paid

Definitions

  1. well-paid, highly paid

Ancestry of “kovapalkkainen”, step by step

kovapalkkainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward

via Finnish kova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovahard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,...
2Proto-Finnickovahard
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