Where does “interglasiaalikausi” come from?

interglasiaalikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish interglasiaali, from English interglacial, from English glacial, from French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

interglasiaalikausi (Finnish): interglacial period

Definitions

  1. interglacial period

Ancestry of “interglasiaalikausi”, step by step

interglasiaalikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish interglasiaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinterglasiaaliinterglacial
2EnglishinterglacialOccurring between glaciations; The relatively...
3EnglishglacialOf, or relating to glaciers; Very slow; Cold and...
4Frenchglacialfreezing, ice-cold, very cold
5Latinglaciālisicy, frozen, glacial
6Latin-ālis
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

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 ?
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis