Where does “mansikanpunainen” come from?

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

mansikanpunainen (Finnish): strawberry red

Definitions

  1. strawberry red

Ancestry of “mansikanpunainen”, step by step

mansikanpunainen 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 mansikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmansikkastrawberry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*mancikka—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic punainen →