Where does “sakkokorko” come from?

sakkokorko (Finnish) comes from Finnish korko, from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

sakkokorko (Finnish): penalty interest

Definitions

  1. penalty interest

Ancestry of “sakkokorko”, step by step

sakkokorko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkoheel; interest, interest rate; stress
2Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high

via Finnish sakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsakkofine, penalty
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →Every word from Finnish korko →