Where does “luumunpunainen” come from?

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

luumunpunainen (Finnish): plum of a plum color

Definitions

  1. plum of a plum color

Ancestry of “luumunpunainen”, step by step

luumunpunainen 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 luumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluumuplum
2Old Swedishplumon—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic punainen →