Where does “litorinakausi” come from?

litorinakausi (Finnish) comes from Translingual Littorina, from Latin littoralis, from Latin lītus — strand, shore, beach.

litorinakausi (Finnish): Littorina Sea phase of the Baltic Sea

Definitions

  1. Littorina Sea phase of the Baltic Sea

Ancestry of “litorinakausi”, step by step

litorinakausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Littorina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualLittorinagenus
2LatinlittoralisAlternative form of lītorālis
3Latinlītusstrand, shore, beach

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 Latin lītusEvery word from Latin littoralisEvery word from Translingual Littorina
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