Where does “lomakausi” come from?

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

lomakausi (Finnish): holiday season especially the summer holiday season

Definitions

  1. holiday season especially the summer holiday season

Ancestry of “lomakausi”, step by step

lomakausi 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 loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawteEvery word from Proto-Finnic kauciEvery word from Finnish kausi