Where does “kuukausipalkka” come from?

kuukausipalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuukausi, from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuukausipalkka (Finnish): monthly salary

Definitions

  1. monthly salary

Ancestry of “kuukausipalkka”, step by step

kuukausipalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuukausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuukausiA month
2FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
3Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
4Proto-Finnickuucisix
5Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish palkka

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

Words derived from “kuukausipalkka”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →