Where does “mioseenikausi” come from?
mioseenikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
mioseenikausi (Finnish): The Miocene epoch
Ancestry of “mioseenikausi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |