Where does “veronkevennys” come from?

veronkevennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevennys, from Finnish keventää, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

veronkevennys (Finnish): tax cut

Definitions

  1. tax cut

Ancestry of “veronkevennys”, step by step

veronkevennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevennys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevennyslightening; comic relief; icebreaker
2Finnishkeventääto lighten; to cut, reduce; to post
3Finnishkeveälightweight
4Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
5Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →