Where does “palkkatoivomus” come from?

palkkatoivomus (Finnish) comes from Finnish toivomus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

palkkatoivomus (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 “palkkatoivomus”, step by step

palkkatoivomus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toivomus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivomuswish
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish palkka

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