Where does “noropunatähkä” come from?

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

noropunatähkä (Finnish): dense blazing star

Definitions

  1. dense blazing star

Ancestry of “noropunatähkä”, step by step

noropunatähkä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunaThe color red
2Proto-Finnicpunared
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—

via Finnish noro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnorotrickle, dribble; rivulet
2Finnisho—
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