Where does “kanervanpunainen” come from?

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

kanervanpunainen (Finnish): heather red of a particular bluish red

Definitions

  1. heather red of a particular bluish red

Ancestry of “kanervanpunainen”, step by step

kanervanpunainen 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 Kanerva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKanervaheather, Calluna vulgaris
2Finnishkanervaheather, "Calluna vulgaris"
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →
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