Where does “kongopunainen” come from?

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

kongopunainen (Finnish): Congo red

Definitions

  1. Congo red

Ancestry of “kongopunainen”, step by step

kongopunainen 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 Kongo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKongo—
2FrenchCongoCongo
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