Where does “palkankorotus” come from?

palkankorotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish korotus, from Finnish köröttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

palkankorotus (Finnish): pay raise, raise US; pay rise, rise UK increase in wages or salary

Definitions

  1. pay raise, raise US; pay rise, rise UK increase in wages or salary

Ancestry of “palkankorotus”, step by step

palkankorotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorotusraise, increase; raise
2Finnishköröttääto drive slowly
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish palkka

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

Words derived from “palkankorotus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →