Where does “kiirekausi” come from?

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

kiirekausi (Finnish): busy season

Definitions

  1. busy season

Ancestry of “kiirekausi”, step by step

kiirekausi 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 kiire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiirehurry, haste; rush; something that causes one to...
2Proto-Finnickiirehhurry, haste
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →