Where does “viivästyskorko” come from?

viivästyskorko (Finnish) comes from Finnish viivästys, from Finnish viivästyä, from Finnish viivästää, from Finnish viiva, from Finnish vije-.

viivästyskorko (Finnish): penalty interest, default interest, statutory...

Definitions

  1. penalty interest, default interest, statutory...

Ancestry of “viivästyskorko”, step by step

viivästyskorko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viivästys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivästysdelay
2Finnishviivästyäto be late, be delayed
3Finnishviivästääto delay
4Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
5Finnishvije-—

via Finnish korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkoheel; interest, interest rate; stress
2Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
Every word from Finnish vije- →Every word from Finnish viiva →Every word from Finnish viivästää →