Where does “veronkorotus” come from?

veronkorotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish korotus, from Finnish köröttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

veronkorotus (Finnish): tax raise, tax increase

Definitions

  1. tax raise, tax increase

Ancestry of “veronkorotus”, step by step

veronkorotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorotusraise, increase; raise
2Finnishköröttääto drive slowly
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →