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Where does “puna” come from?

puna (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic puna, from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna — color, hair.

puna (Estonian): the colour red

Definitions

  1. the colour red

Ancestry of “puna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpunared
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

Words derived from “puna”

  • punane
  • punarind
  • punakas
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