Where does “kivihiilikausi” come from?
kivihiilikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
kivihiilikausi (Finnish): the Carboniferous period
Ancestry of “kivihiilikausi”, step by step
kivihiilikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kausi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |
via Finnish kivihiili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivihiili | coal, black coal, bituminous coal |
| 2 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 3 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |
Words derived from “kivihiilikausi”