Where does “ruiskaunokki” come from?

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

ruiskaunokki (Finnish): cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle,...

Definitions

  1. cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle,...

Ancestry of “ruiskaunokki”, step by step

ruiskaunokki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaunokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaunokkistarthistle
2FinnishkaunoSynonym of nuorukainen; Synonym of neitonen;...
3Finnishkaunisbeautiful
4Proto-Finnickaunisbeautiful
5Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful

via Finnish ruis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruisrye
2Proto-Finnicrugisrye
3Proto-Germanicrugizrye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaunis →
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