Where does “preussinsininen” come from?

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

preussinsininen (Finnish): Prussian blue rich blue, tinted with green

Definitions

  1. Prussian blue rich blue, tinted with green

Ancestry of “preussinsininen”, step by step

preussinsininen 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 Preussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPreussiPrussian Prussian language
2GermanPreußen—
3Middle High GermanPrūzin—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sine →Every word from Proto-Finnic sini →Every word from Proto-Finnic sininen →