Where does “hellekausi” come from?
hellekausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
hellekausi (Finnish): hot season
Ancestry of “hellekausi”, step by step
hellekausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kausi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |
via Finnish helle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | helle | A hot place or heat; Hot weather, swelter;... |
| 2 | Finnish | Hellevi | — |
| 3 | Danish | Helvig | borne by a 14th century queen of Denmark |