Where does “mahapalkka” come from?

mahapalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish maha, from Proto-Finnic maha — stomach, belly.

mahapalkka (Finnish): pay or salary that is only enough to pay for food

Definitions

  1. pay or salary that is only enough to pay for food

Ancestry of “mahapalkka”, step by step

mahapalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly

via Finnish palkka

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