Where does “palkkaliukuma” come from?

palkkaliukuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish liukuma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

palkkaliukuma (Finnish): wage drift gradual increase in wages or employee compensation that is not directly explainable by earlier negotiations, e.g. through collective labor agreements

Definitions

  1. wage drift gradual increase in wages or employee compensation that is not directly explainable by earlier negotiations, e.g. through collective labor agreements

Ancestry of “palkkaliukuma”, step by step

palkkaliukuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liukuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliukumaflexitime
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →