Where does “pulakausi” come from?

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

pulakausi (Finnish): period of shortage or economic depression

Definitions

  1. period of shortage or economic depression

Ancestry of “pulakausi”, step by step

pulakausi 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 pula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulashortage; an economic crisis characterized by...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →