Where does “devonikausi” come from?

devonikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish devoni, from English Devon, from Old English Defenas, from Latin Dumnonii, from Proto-Celtic dubnos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

devonikausi (Finnish): Devonian, Devonian period

Definitions

  1. Devonian, Devonian period

Ancestry of “devonikausi”, step by step

devonikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish devoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishdevoniThe Devonian
2EnglishDevonOne of a breed of hardy cattle originating in...
3Old EnglishDefenasDevonians
4LatinDumnoniiA tribe of Britannia
5Proto-Celticdubnosdeep; world
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Finnish kausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
2Proto-Finnickauci(section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey
3Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?

Words derived from “devonikausi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dubnos →
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