Where does “kaunopunahattu” come from?

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

kaunopunahattu (Finnish): purple coneflower, eastern purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, Echinacea purpurea

Definitions

  1. purple coneflower, eastern purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, Echinacea purpurea

Ancestry of “kaunopunahattu”, step by step

kaunopunahattu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaunoSynonym of nuorukainen; Synonym of neitonen;...
2Finnishkaunisbeautiful
3Proto-Finnickaunisbeautiful
4Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful

via Finnish punahattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunahattuconeflower, echinacea plant of the genus
2Finnishhattuhat; tampion; háček, caron
3Proto-Finnichattu—
4Proto-Germanichattuzhat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankadʰ-to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →
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