Where does “kaunis” come from?
kaunis (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic kaunis, from Proto-Germanic skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- — quick, dashing, beautiful.
kaunis (Karelian): beautiful
Ancestry of “kaunis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | kaunis | beautiful |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skauniz | beautiful, shining |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱoun- | quick, dashing, beautiful |