Where does “pääpalkinto” come from?

pääpalkinto (Finnish) comes from Finnish palkinto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

pääpalkinto (Finnish): top prize; big enchilada

Definitions

  1. top prize; big enchilada

Ancestry of “pääpalkinto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkintoprize, award
2Finnish-ntö—
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →