Where does “kauneusnaamio” come from?

kauneusnaamio (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.

kauneusnaamio (Finnish): beauty mask

Definitions

  1. beauty mask

Ancestry of “kauneusnaamio”, step by step

kauneusnaamio 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 naamio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamiomask
2Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
3Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →