Where does “kuoppakorotus” come from?

kuoppakorotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish korotus, from Finnish köröttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kuoppakorotus (Finnish): cost-of-living pay raise a pay raise given to employees when their pay has fallen behind an increased cost of living

Definitions

  1. cost-of-living pay raise a pay raise given to employees when their pay has fallen behind an increased cost of living

Ancestry of “kuoppakorotus”, step by step

kuoppakorotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorotusraise, increase; raise
2Finnishköröttääto drive slowly
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak