Where does “kaunis” come from?

kaunis (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic kaunis, from Proto-Germanic skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- — quick, dashing, beautiful.

kaunis (Estonian): beautiful; quite

Definitions

  1. beautiful; quite

Ancestry of “kaunis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickaunisbeautiful
2Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful

Words derived from “kaunis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →