Where does “pääministerikausi” come from?

pääministerikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääministeri, from Finnish ministeri, from Swedish minister, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.

pääministerikausi (Finnish): prime ministerial term

Definitions

  1. prime ministerial term

Ancestry of “pääministerikausi”, step by step

pääministerikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääministeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääministeriprime minister
2Finnishministeria minister; an honorary title of the second rank...
3Swedishministera minister
4Latinministerattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;...
5Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
6Proto-Italicminosless

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-Italic minosEvery word from Latin minusEvery word from Latin minister