Where does “talletuskorko” come from?

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

talletuskorko (Finnish): deposit interest rate, deposit rate

Definitions

  1. deposit interest rate, deposit rate

Ancestry of “talletuskorko”, step by step

talletuskorko 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 talletus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtalletusA deposit
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →Every word from Finnish korko →