Where does “kausiolut” come from?
kausiolut (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
kausiolut (Finnish): seasonal beer
Ancestry of “kausiolut”, step by step
kausiolut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 ? |
via Finnish olut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | olut | beer; beer, ale |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | olut | beer, ale |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂elut- | beer |