Where does “nuoruuskausi” come from?
nuoruuskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
nuoruuskausi (Finnish): period of youth
Ancestry of “nuoruuskausi”, step by step
nuoruuskausi 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 nuoruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nuoruus | youth |
| 2 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |