Where does “tuntipalkkalainen” come from?

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

tuntipalkkalainen (Finnish): hourly-paid worker a worker who gets paid hourly

Definitions

  1. hourly-paid worker a worker who gets paid hourly

Ancestry of “tuntipalkkalainen”, step by step

tuntipalkkalainen 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 →