Where does “paleoseenikausi” come from?

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

paleoseenikausi (Finnish): The Paleocene

Definitions

  1. The Paleocene

Ancestry of “paleoseenikausi”, step by step

paleoseenikausi 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 paleoseeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpaleoseeniThe Paleocene
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →