Where does “sairauskausi” come from?

sairauskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sairaus, from Finnish sairas, from Proto-Finnic sairas, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

sairauskausi (Finnish): the season or time of year when people fall ill more often

Definitions

  1. the season or time of year when people fall ill more often

Ancestry of “sairauskausi”, step by step

sairauskausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sairaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsairaussickness, illness, malady, disease, ailment
2Finnishsairasill, sick; A sick person
3Proto-Finnicsairasill, sick
4Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

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 ?
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sairaz →