Where does “vaihtuvakorkoinen” come from?

vaihtuvakorkoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish korko, from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

vaihtuvakorkoinen (Finnish): variable-rate, floating-rate

Definitions

  1. variable-rate, floating-rate

Ancestry of “vaihtuvakorkoinen”, step by step

vaihtuvakorkoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkoheel; interest, interest rate; stress
2Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high

via Finnish vaihtuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtuvavolatile, variable, varying, shifting, alternating, floating
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →Every word from Finnish korko →