Where does “sikiökausi” come from?
sikiökausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sikiö, from Finnish -iö, from Spanish -ijo, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.
sikiökausi (Finnish): fetal period
Ancestry of “sikiökausi”, step by step
sikiökausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sikiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sikiö | fetus/foetus; young child |
| 2 | Finnish | -iö | Front vowel variant of -io |
| 3 | Spanish | -ijo | indicating a diminutive or despective quality |
| 4 | Proto-Bantu | ì- | Class 5 noun prefix |
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 ? |
Words derived from “sikiökausi”