Where does “puna-ailakki” come from?

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

puna-ailakki (Finnish): red campion

Definitions

  1. red campion

Ancestry of “puna-ailakki”, step by step

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

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish ailakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishailakkicampion a flower of the genus
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →