Where does “viikkopalkka” come from?

viikkopalkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikko, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyg- — to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

viikkopalkka (Finnish): weekly wage

Definitions

  1. weekly wage

Ancestry of “viikkopalkka”, step by step

viikkopalkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviikkoweek
2Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

via Finnish palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward

Words derived from “viikkopalkka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wikǭ →Every word from Finnish viikko →