Where does “palkkautua” come from?

palkkautua (Finnish) comes from Finnish palkata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

palkkautua (Finnish): to be rewarded

Definitions

  1. to be rewarded

Ancestry of “palkkautua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkatato hire, employ
2Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
3Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
4Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -täEvery word from Finnish palkata