Where does “Kaukasus” come from?

Kaukasus (Finnish) comes from Latin Caucasus, from Ancient Greek Καύκασος, from Proto-Scythian xrohukäsi — ice-shining, white with snow.

Kaukasus (Finnish): The Caucasus the mountain range

Definitions

  1. The Caucasus the mountain range

Ancestry of “Kaukasus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCaucasusCaucasus
2Ancient GreekΚαύκασοςCaucasus
3Proto-Scythianxrohukäsiice-shining, white with snow
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