Where does “pronssinruskea” come from?

pronssinruskea (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruskea, from Proto-Finnic ruskeda — brown, red.

pronssinruskea (Finnish): bronze

Definitions

  1. bronze

Ancestry of “pronssinruskea”, step by step

pronssinruskea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruskea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
2Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red

via Finnish pronssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpronssibronze; third place, third position; "short for"...
2Swedishbronsbronze; a bronze sculpture; a bronze medal
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