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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

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