Where does “veromätky” come from?

veromätky (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätky, from Finnish matkata, from Finnish matka, from Proto-Finnic matka, from Proto-Uralic mëtka — passage.

veromätky (Finnish): back tax

Definitions

  1. back tax

Ancestry of “veromätky”, step by step

veromätky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mätky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätkyresidual tax, back tax
2FinnishmatkataTo travel
3Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
4Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
5Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →
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