Where does “tasaerä” come from?

tasaerä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tasaerä (Finnish): equal payment, equal instalment; the sum of the principal and interest in loan repayments

Definitions

  1. equal payment, equal instalment; the sum of the principal and interest in loan repayments

Ancestry of “tasaerä”, step by step

tasaerä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish erä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheräbatch; lot; Short for maksuerä
2Proto-Finniceräapart, separate
3Proto-Finno-Ugriceräapart

Words derived from “tasaerä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa →Every word from Proto-Finnic tasa →Every word from Finnish tasa →