Where does “palkkatoive” come from?

palkkatoive (Finnish) comes from Finnish toive, from Finnish toivoa, from Proto-Finnic toivodak — to hope; to wish.

palkkatoive (Finnish): salary request, salary requirement by a (prospective) employee to an employer

Definitions

  1. salary request, salary requirement by a (prospective) employee to an employer

Ancestry of “palkkatoive”, step by step

palkkatoive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivewish
2Finnishtoivoato hope for, wish; Partitive singular form of...
3Proto-Finnictoivodakto hope; to wish

via Finnish palkka

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