Where does “kaunosilmä” come from?

kaunosilmä (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.

kaunosilmä (Finnish): calliopsis plant in the genus

Definitions

  1. calliopsis plant in the genus

Ancestry of “kaunosilmä”, step by step

kaunosilmä 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 silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →
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