Where does “infrapuna” come from?

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

infrapuna (Finnish): infrared

Definitions

  1. infrared

Ancestry of “infrapuna”, step by step

infrapuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish infra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinfrainfra infrastructure
2Finnishinfrastruktuuriinfrastructure

Words derived from “infrapuna”

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