Where does “varhaiskausi” come from?
varhaiskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish varhainen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
varhaiskausi (Finnish): early period, early era
Ancestry of “varhaiskausi”, step by step
varhaiskausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish varhainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | varhainen | early |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
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 ? |