Where does “paleogeenikausi” come from?

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

paleogeenikausi (Finnish): Paleogene, Paleogene period

Definitions

  1. Paleogene, Paleogene period

Ancestry of “paleogeenikausi”, step by step

paleogeenikausi 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 paleogeeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpaleogeeniSynonym of paleogeenikausi

Words derived from “paleogeenikausi”

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