Where does “fuksianpunainen” come from?

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

fuksianpunainen (Finnish): fuchsia color

Definitions

  1. fuchsia color

Ancestry of “fuksianpunainen”, step by step

fuksianpunainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish punainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunainenred; reds, red lights; the socialists
2Proto-Finnicpunainenred
3Proto-Finnicpunared
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish fuksia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfuksiafuchsia; Partitive singular form of fuksi
2taxonomic nameFuchsia—
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