Where does “vendikausi” come from?

vendikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vendi, from German Wende, from Middle High German winde, from Old High German winda, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

vendikausi (Finnish): the Vendian, former name of the Ediacaran

Definitions

  1. the Vendian, former name of the Ediacaran

Ancestry of “vendikausi”, step by step

vendikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vendi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvendiWend
2GermanWendeturn; turnaround; tacking
3Middle High Germanwinde—
4Old High Germanwindawinch
5Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

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 ?

Words derived from “vendikausi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →