Where does “hiilikautinen” come from?

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

hiilikautinen (Finnish): Carboniferous

Definitions

  1. Carboniferous

Ancestry of “hiilikautinen”, step by step

hiilikautinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiilikausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiilikausiCarboniferous period
2Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
3Proto-Finnickauci(section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey
4Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →