Where does “porkkananpunainen” come from?

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

porkkananpunainen (Finnish): carrot, carrot-colored having a carrot color

Definitions

  1. carrot, carrot-colored having a carrot color

Ancestry of “porkkananpunainen”, step by step

porkkananpunainen 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 porkkana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishporkkanacarrot; Essive singular form of porkka
2Russianборканcarrot
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic punainen →