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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

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “vuorokausi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
2Proto-Finnickauci—
3Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?

Words derived from “vuorokausi”

  • tähtivuorokausi
  • aurinkovuorokausi
  • vuorokaudenaika
  • vuorokautinen
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