Where does “masennuskausi” come from?

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

masennuskausi (Finnish): depression, bout of depression, period of depression, episode of depression

Definitions

  1. depression, bout of depression, period of depression, episode of depression

Ancestry of “masennuskausi”, step by step

masennuskausi 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 masennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmasennusdepression
2FinnishmasentaaTo depress
3Finnishmasea—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →
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