Where does “kauneudenkaipuu” come from?

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

kauneudenkaipuu (Finnish): desire for beauty

Definitions

  1. desire for beauty

Ancestry of “kauneudenkaipuu”, step by step

kauneudenkaipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauneus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauneusbeauty
2Finnishkaunisbeautiful
3Proto-Finnickaunisbeautiful
4Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful

via Finnish kaipuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaipuulonging, yearning
2FinnishuuThe name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest
3LatinU—
4LatinVve
5Etruscan?u
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →