Where does “verohylky” come from?

verohylky (Finnish) comes from Finnish hylky, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

verohylky (Finnish): a farm seized by the Crown due to nonpayment of taxes

Definitions

  1. a farm seized by the Crown due to nonpayment of taxes

Ancestry of “verohylky”, step by step

verohylky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hylky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhylkyderelict; shipwreck; reject
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish hylky →
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