Where does “kaunistaa” come from?

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

kaunistaa (Finnish): to embellish, beautify, prettify

Definitions

  1. to embellish, beautify, prettify

Ancestry of “kaunistaa”, step by step

kaunistaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaunis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaunisbeautiful
2Proto-Finnickaunisbeautiful
3Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful

via Finnish taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “kaunistaa”

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