Where does “punakas” come from?

punakas (Estonian) comes from Estonian -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

punakas (Estonian): reddish, ruddy

Definitions

  1. reddish, ruddy

Ancestry of “punakas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-käs—
2Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
3Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -k'as →