Where does “koboltinsininen” come from?

koboltinsininen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sininen, from Proto-Finnic sininen, from Proto-Finnic sini, from Proto-Finno-Permic sine.

koboltinsininen (Finnish): cobalt blue

Definitions

  1. cobalt blue

Ancestry of “koboltinsininen”, step by step

koboltinsininen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sininen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsininenblue; The color blue
2Proto-Finnicsininenblue
3Proto-Finnicsiniblue
4Proto-Finno-Permicsine—

via Finnish koboltti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoboltticobalt
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sine →Every word from Proto-Finnic sini →Every word from Proto-Finnic sininen →