Where does “hallintokausi” come from?

hallintokausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hallinto, from Finnish hallita, from Finnish -ita, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.

Ancestry of “hallintokausi”, step by step

hallintokausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hallinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhallintogovernment, management, administration
2Finnishhallitato rule, govern, reign, administer, command; to...
3Finnish-itaForms instrumental verbs from nouns; Forms some...
4Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

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 ?
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