Where does “kuparikautinen” come from?
kuparikautinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuparikausi, from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
kuparikautinen (Finnish): Copper-Age
Definitions
- Copper-Age
Ancestry of “kuparikautinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuparikausi | Copper Age |
| 2 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |