Where does “kausittainen” come from?

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

kausittainen (Finnish): seasonal

Definitions

  1. seasonal

Ancestry of “kausittainen”, step by step

kausittainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kausittain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkausittainby season, by period
2Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
3Proto-Finnickauci(section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey
4Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen

Words derived from “kausittainen

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawteEvery word from Proto-Finnic kauciEvery word from Finnish kausi