Where does “päiväpulkka” come from?

päiväpulkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.

päiväpulkka (Finnish): a tally stick used to ensure that a worker had done a day's work

Definitions

  1. a tally stick used to ensure that a worker had done a day's work

Ancestry of “päiväpulkka”, step by step

päiväpulkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje—

via Finnish pulkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulkkatoboggan; tally, tally stick
2Proto-Samicpulkkēpulk
Every word from Proto-Uralic päje →Every word from Proto-Uralic päjwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic päivä →