Where does “tuntipalkkainen” come from?

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

tuntipalkkainen (Finnish): hourly-paid, hourly being paid hourly

Definitions

  1. hourly-paid, hourly being paid hourly

Ancestry of “tuntipalkkainen”, step by step

tuntipalkkainen 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 →