Where does “hirvestyskausi” come from?
hirvestyskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hirvestys, from Finnish hirvestää, from Finnish hirvi, from Proto-Finnic hirvi, from Proto-Finnic širwe.
hirvestyskausi (Finnish): elk hunting season
Ancestry of “hirvestyskausi”, step by step
hirvestyskausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hirvestys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hirvestys | elk or moose hunting |
| 2 | Finnish | hirvestää | to hunt elk, moose |
| 3 | Finnish | hirvi | elk, moose; any large deer, such as an elk, moose... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hirvi | elk, moose |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | širwe | — |
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 ? |