Where does “kaunis” come from?

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

kaunis (Finnish): beautiful

Definitions

  1. beautiful

Ancestry of “kaunis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kaunis

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