Where does “kauneusunet” come from?

kauneusunet (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.

kauneusunet (Finnish): beauty sleep

Definitions

  1. beauty sleep

Ancestry of “kauneusunet”, step by step

kauneusunet 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 unet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishunetNominative plural form of uni; dreams
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun-Every word from Proto-Germanic skaunizEvery word from Proto-Finnic kaunis