Where does “prosenttipalkka” come from?

prosenttipalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish prosentti, from Swedish procent, from German Prozent, from Italian per cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.

prosenttipalkka (Finnish): A salary determined as a percentage of something...

Definitions

  1. A salary determined as a percentage of something...

Ancestry of “prosenttipalkka”, step by step

prosenttipalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish prosentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishprosenttiA percent
2Swedishprocentpercent
3GermanProzentpercent
4Italianper centopercent
5Latincentuma hundred; 100
6Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
7Proto-Italic*foljom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-
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