Where does “kirjanpitokausi” come from?

kirjanpitokausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjanpito, from Finnish pito, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

kirjanpitokausi (Finnish): accounting period

Definitions

  1. accounting period

Ancestry of “kirjanpitokausi”, step by step

kirjanpitokausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjanpito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjanpitoBookkeeping, accounting; Books
2Finnishpitokeeping, upkeep; spending; traction
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

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-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →