Where does “vuorokausi” come from?
vuorokausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
vuorokausi (Finnish): day
Ancestry of “vuorokausi”, step by step
vuorokausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 ? |
via Finnish vuoro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuoro | turn; shift; A means of transportation that runs... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vooro | turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work) |
Words derived from “vuorokausi”