Where does “kvartäärikausi” come from?

kvartäärikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kvartäärinen, from German Quartär, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

kvartäärikausi (Finnish): The Quaternary

Definitions

  1. The Quaternary

Ancestry of “kvartäärikausi”, step by step

kvartäärikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kvartäärinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkvartäärinenQuaternary
2GermanQuartärthe Quaternary
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

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 ?

Words derived from “kvartäärikausi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →