Kauno etymology

Finnish word Kauno comes from Proto-Indo-European *skownis, and later Proto-Germanic *skauniz (Beautiful, shining.)

Detailed word origin of Kauno

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*skownis Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*skauniz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Beautiful, shining.
*kaunis Proto-Finnic (fiu-fin-pro)
kaunis Finnish (fin) Beautiful.
Kauno Finnish (fin) A male given name..

Words with the same origin as Kauno

Descendants of *skownis
kauneus kaunis kaunistella kauno-