Where does “palkkatila” come from?

palkkatila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

palkkatila (Finnish): A farm/farmstead owned by the Crown or the state that it gives/gave as a benefit (in addition to pay) to a public official, often as a benefit also including any taxes that would have to be paid for that farm

Definitions

  1. A farm/farmstead owned by the Crown or the state that it gives/gave as a benefit (in addition to pay) to a public official, often as a benefit also including any taxes that would have to be paid for that farm

Ancestry of “palkkatila”, step by step

palkkatila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →