Where does “loistokausi” come from?

loistokausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.

loistokausi (Finnish): golden age, golden period, heyday

Definitions

  1. golden age, golden period, heyday

Ancestry of “loistokausi”, step by step

loistokausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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 ?

via Finnish loisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloistoglitter, gleam, shine; A beacon equipped with...
2FinnishloistaaTo shine, glow, glare, sparkle; To excel, shine
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →