Where does “kauneuskilpailu” come from?

kauneuskilpailu (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.

kauneuskilpailu (Finnish): beauty pageant, beauty contest

Definitions

beauty pageant, beauty contest

Ancestry of “kauneuskilpailu”, step by step

kauneuskilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauneus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kauneus	beauty
2	Finnish	kaunis	beautiful
3	Proto-Finnic	kaunis	beautiful
4	Proto-Germanic	skauniz	beautiful, shining
5	Proto-Indo-European	(s)ḱoun-	quick, dashing, beautiful

via Finnish kilpailu

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kilpailu	contest, competition, race; competition; rivalry
2	Finnish	-u	Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3	Proto-Finnic	-u	Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns

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