Where does “lomapalkka” come from?

lomapalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish loma, from Proto-Finnic loma, from Proto-Finno-Permic loma — gap.

lomapalkka (Finnish): holiday pay; the pay/salary paid to an employee while they are on a leave

Definitions

  1. holiday pay; the pay/salary paid to an employee while they are on a leave

Ancestry of “lomapalkka”, step by step

lomapalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap

via Finnish palkka

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