Where does “tuntipalkka” come from?

tuntipalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunti, from Old Swedish stund.

tuntipalkka (Finnish): hourly wage

Definitions

  1. hourly wage

Ancestry of “tuntipalkka”, step by step

tuntipalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
2Old Swedishstund—

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Old Swedish stund →Every word from Finnish tunti →