Where does “puolivuorokautinen” come from?

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

puolivuorokautinen (Finnish): semidiurnal

Definitions

  1. semidiurnal

Ancestry of “puolivuorokautinen”, step by step

puolivuorokautinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuorokausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuorokausiday
2Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
3Proto-Finnickauci(section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey
4Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?

via Finnish puoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
2Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
3Proto-Uralicpälähalf
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →