Where does “siirtymäkausi” come from?
siirtymäkausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirtymä, from Finnish siirtyä, from Finnish siirtää, from Proto-Finnic siirtädäk — to move, to transfer.
siirtymäkausi (Finnish): period of transition
Ancestry of “siirtymäkausi”, step by step
siirtymäkausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siirtymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirtymä | transition; displacement |
| 2 | Finnish | siirtyä | to move |
| 3 | Finnish | siirtää | to move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | siirtädäk | to move, to transfer |
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 ? |