Where does “oligoseenikausi” come from?

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

oligoseenikausi (Finnish): The Oligocene epoch

Definitions

  1. The Oligocene epoch

Ancestry of “oligoseenikausi”, step by step

oligoseenikausi 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 oligoseeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholigoseenithe Oligocene

Words derived from “oligoseenikausi”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →