kaunis
Karelian
adjective
Definitions
- beautiful
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kaunis borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (beautiful, shining, shiny).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skauniz
Gloss
beautiful, shining, shiny
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kaunis Finnish
- *(s)kewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱoun- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱown- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaunistaz Proto-Germanic
- *skauniz Proto-Germanic
- *skaunizô Proto-Germanic
- scȳne Old English
- scōni Old High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *skaunī gmw-pro
- kaunis Estonian
- scōni Old Dutch
- skōni Old Dutch
- *kaunis Proto-Finnic
- skōni Old Saxon