Where does “mariininsininen” come from?

mariininsininen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sininen, from Proto-Finnic sininen, from Proto-Finnic sini, from Proto-Finno-Permic sine.

mariininsininen (Finnish): marine blue

Definitions

  1. marine blue

Ancestry of “mariininsininen”, step by step

mariininsininen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sininen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsininenblue; The color blue
2Proto-Finnicsininenblue
3Proto-Finnicsiniblue
4Proto-Finno-Permicsine—

via Finnish mariini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmariini—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sine →Every word from Proto-Finnic sini →Every word from Proto-Finnic sininen →