Where does “juomakausi” come from?
juomakausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoma, from Proto-Finnic jooma, from Proto-Finnic joodak, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.
juomakausi (Finnish): drinking bout
Ancestry of “juomakausi”, step by step
juomakausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juoma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoma | drink; beverage; Agent participle of juoda |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jooma | drink; beverage |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joodak | to drink |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |
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 ? |