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
Ancestry of “kuukausipalkka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuukausi | A month |
| 2 | Finnish | Kuu | — |
| 3 | Finnish | kuusi | six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies" |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kuuci | six |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kutte | ridge; six |