Where does “kauneusala” come from?

kauneusala (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.

kauneusala (Finnish): beauty sector, beauty industry, beauty field

Definitions

  1. beauty sector, beauty industry, beauty field

Ancestry of “kauneusala”, step by step

kauneusala 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 älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →