Where does “palkka-asteikko” come from?

palkka-asteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish asteikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

palkka-asteikko (Finnish): wage scale, pay scale

Definitions

  1. wage scale, pay scale

Ancestry of “palkka-asteikko”, step by step

palkka-asteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asteikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasteikkoscale
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Finnish asteikko →