Where does “tasapalkkaus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tasapalkkaus”, step by step

tasapalkkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palkkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkaushiring
2Finnishpalkatato hire, employ
3Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -täEvery word from Finnish palkata