Where does “siluurikausi” come from?

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

siluurikausi (Finnish): The Silurian

Definitions

  1. The Silurian

Ancestry of “siluurikausi”, step by step

siluurikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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 ?

via Finnish siluuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiluuriThe Silurian, Silurian period

Words derived from “siluurikausi”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →
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