Where does “muokkauskausi” come from?

muokkauskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish muokkaus, from Finnish muokata, from Proto-Slavic mǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ.

muokkauskausi (Finnish): tilling season, tillage season

Definitions

  1. tilling season, tillage season

Ancestry of “muokkauskausi”, step by step

muokkauskausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muokkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuokkausworking shaping, forming, improving material
2Finnishmuokatato work; to edit; to modify
3Proto-Slavicmǫkatorment, torture; flour
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*mánkāˀ—

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-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic mǫka →Every word from Finnish muokata →