Where does “palkkapyyntö” come from?

palkkapyyntö (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyyntö, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

palkkapyyntö (Finnish): salary request

Definitions

  1. salary request

Ancestry of “palkkapyyntö”, step by step

palkkapyyntö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyyntö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyyntörequest
2Finnish-ntö—
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →
palkkapyyntö — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer