Where does “kaunotaide” come from?

kaunotaide (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.

kaunotaide (Finnish): fine arts

Definitions

  1. fine arts

Ancestry of “kaunotaide”, step by step

kaunotaide 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 taide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaideart
2Finnishtaitaato know, master, command, have a command of, have...
3Proto-Finnictaitadakto know
4Proto-Finnictaje-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →