Where does “palkanmaksukausi” come from?

palkanmaksukausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish palkanmaksu, from Finnish maksu, from Finnish maksaa, from Proto-Finnic maksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic maksa-.

palkanmaksukausi (Finnish): pay period

Definitions

  1. pay period

Ancestry of “palkanmaksukausi”, step by step

palkanmaksukausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palkanmaksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkanmaksupayroll, payment of salaries, payment of wages
2Finnishmaksufee; payment
3Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
4Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
5Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—

via Finnish kausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
2Proto-Finnickauci(section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey
3Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic maksa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksadak →Every word from Finnish maksaa →