Where does “lypsykausi” come from?

lypsykausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lypsy, from Finnish lypsää, from Proto-Finnic lüpsädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic lüpsä-.

lypsykausi (Finnish): milking period, milking season, lactation

Definitions

  1. milking period, milking season, lactation

Ancestry of “lypsykausi”, step by step

lypsykausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lypsy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlypsymilking; dairy, milk
2Finnishlypsääto milk
3Proto-Finniclüpsädäkto milk
4Proto-Finno-Permiclüpsä-—

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 Proto-Finno-Permic lüpsä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lüpsädäk →Every word from Finnish lypsää →