Where does “Punahilkka” come from?

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

Punahilkka (Finnish): Little Red Riding Hood

Definitions

  1. Little Red Riding Hood

Ancestry of “Punahilkka”, step by step

Punahilkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunaThe color red
2Proto-Finnicpunared
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish hilkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilkkabonnet; any plant of the genus Achimenes
2Swedishhilka—

Words derived from “Punahilkka”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →