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
Ancestry of “veronkevennys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kevennys | lightening; comic relief; icebreaker |
| 2 | Finnish | keventää | to lighten; to cut, reduce; to post |
| 3 | Finnish | keveä | lightweight |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kepedä | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kepä | light, of little weight |