Where does “karmosiininpunainen” come from?

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

karmosiininpunainen (Finnish): carmoisine red dye

Definitions

  1. carmoisine red dye

Ancestry of “karmosiininpunainen”, step by step

karmosiininpunainen 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 karmosiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarmosiinicarmoisine, azorubine
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic punainen →