Where does “palkkahaitari” come from?

palkkahaitari (Finnish) comes from Finnish palkka, from Proto-Finnic palkka — pay, salary, reward.

palkkahaitari (Finnish): wage range, wage scale

Definitions

  1. wage range, wage scale

Ancestry of “palkkahaitari”, step by step

palkkahaitari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palkka

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

via Finnish haitari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaitariaccordion
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