Where does “koivunpunikkitatti” come from?
koivunpunikkitatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish punikkitatti, from Finnish punikki, from Finnish puna, from Proto-Finnic puna, from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna — color, hair.
koivunpunikkitatti (Finnish): orange birch bolete mushroom
Definitions
- orange birch bolete mushroom
Ancestry of “koivunpunikkitatti”, step by step
koivunpunikkitatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish punikkitatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | punikkitatti | any of the three following mushrooms: koivunpunikkitatti, haavanpunikkitatti, männynpunikkitatti |
| 2 | Finnish | punikki | red |
| 3 | Finnish | puna | The color red |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | puna | red |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | puna | color, hair |