Where does “puolivuotiskausi” come from?
puolivuotiskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish puolivuotinen, from Finnish -vuotinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
puolivuotiskausi (Finnish): half-year period
Definitions
- half-year period
Ancestry of “puolivuotiskausi”, step by step
puolivuotiskausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puolivuotinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puolivuotinen | half-year |
| 2 | Finnish | -vuotinen | years'; year's |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |