Where does “tuntikausi” come from?

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

tuntikausi (Finnish): hour especially for several hours

Definitions

  1. hour especially for several hours

Ancestry of “tuntikausi”, step by step

tuntikausi 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 tunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
2Old Swedishstund—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kauci →Every word from Finnish kausi →
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