Where does “nousukausi” come from?
nousukausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
nousukausi (Finnish): boom
Ancestry of “nousukausi”, step by step
nousukausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kausi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |
via Finnish nousu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nousu | rise; ascent; thread pitch, pitch |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |