Where does “kausiruoka” come from?

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

kausiruoka (Finnish): seasonal food, seasonal dish

Definitions

  1. seasonal food, seasonal dish

Ancestry of “kausiruoka”, step by step

kausiruoka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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 ?

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawteEvery word from Proto-Finnic kauciEvery word from Finnish kausi