Where does “herkkyyskausi” come from?

herkkyyskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.

herkkyyskausi (Finnish): sensitive period, sensitivity period in education, etc

Definitions

  1. sensitive period, sensitivity period in education, etc

Ancestry of “herkkyyskausi”, step by step

herkkyyskausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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 ?

via Finnish herkkyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherkkyyssensitivity
2Finnishherkkädelicate, vulnerable; physically sensitive,...
3Proto-Finnicherkkäsensitive, delicate
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →