Where does “lakkautuspalkka” come from?
lakkautuspalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lakkautus, from Finnish lakkauttaa, from Finnish lakata, from Finnish lakka, from Swedish lack, from French lacque, from Portuguese laca, from Persian لاک.
lakkautuspalkka (Finnish): a pay for public officials whose office has been abolished that is paid to them without any responsibilities for as long as they do not take another job or office; retention pay
Definitions
- a pay for public officials whose office has been abolished that is paid to them without any responsibilities for as long as they do not take another job or office; retention pay
Ancestry of “lakkautuspalkka”, step by step
lakkautuspalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lakkautus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lakkautus | abolition, closing down, termination, cessation, shutdown |
| 2 | Finnish | lakkauttaa | to shut down, close down; to abolish, disband; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | lakata | to cease, come to an end, end, stop, finish; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | lakka | varnish, lacquer |
| 5 | Swedish | lack | lacquer |
| 6 | French | lacque | a sort of sealing wax |
| 7 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 8 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 9 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 10 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 11 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 12 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 13 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |