Where does “minimipalkka” come from?

minimipalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish minimi, from Latin minimus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)-.

minimipalkka (Finnish): minimum wage

Definitions

  1. minimum wage

Ancestry of “minimipalkka”, step by step

minimipalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishminimiminimum
2Latinminimusleast, smallest
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- →Every word from Latin minimus →Every word from Finnish minimi →