Where does “mahonginpunainen” come from?

mahonginpunainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mahonki, from Swedish mahogny, from English mahogany, from Spanish mahogani, from Island Carib maga — mahogany.

mahonginpunainen (Finnish): mahogany red

Definitions

  1. mahogany red

Ancestry of “mahonginpunainen”, step by step

mahonginpunainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mahonki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahonkimahogany
2Swedishmahognymahogany
3EnglishmahoganyAny of various tropical American evergreen trees,...
4Spanishmahoganimahogany
5Island Caribmagamahogany

via Finnish punainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunainenred; reds, red lights; the socialists
2Proto-Finnicpunainenred
3Proto-Finnicpunared
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair
Every word from Island Carib maga →Every word from Spanish mahogani →Every word from English mahogany →