Where does “puna-ahven” come from?

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

puna-ahven (Finnish): red fish as a trade name, not as a zoological term

Definitions

  1. red fish as a trade name, not as a zoological term

Ancestry of “puna-ahven”, step by step

puna-ahven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish ahven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishahvenEuropean perch, "Perca fluviatilis"; perch;...
2Proto-Finnicahvenperch
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →