Where does “keisarikausi” come from?

keisarikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish keisari, from Old Swedish keysar, from Middle Low German keiser, from Old High German keisar, from Indonesian kaisar, from Dutch keizer, from Middle Dutch keiser, from Old Dutch keiser — hair.

keisarikausi (Finnish): term as an emperor, term of emperorship

Definitions

  1. term as an emperor, term of emperorship

Ancestry of “keisarikausi”, step by step

keisarikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keisari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeisariemperor
2Old Swedishkeysaremperor
3Middle Low Germankeiseremperor
4Old High Germankeisaremperor
5Indonesiankaisaremperor; empress
6Dutchkeizeremperor
7Middle Dutchkeiser—
8Old Dutchkeiseremperor
9Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
10LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
11Latincaesariesor hair
12Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair

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-Indo-European kéysero- →Every word from Latin caesaries →Every word from Latin Caesar →