Where does “pronssikausi” come from?
pronssikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
pronssikausi (Finnish): the Bronze Age
Ancestry of “pronssikausi”, step by step
pronssikausi 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 pronssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pronssi | bronze; third place, third position; "short for"... |
| 2 | Swedish | brons | bronze; a bronze sculpture; a bronze medal |
Words derived from “pronssikausi”