Where does “puna-apila” come from?

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

puna-apila (Finnish): red clover

Definitions

  1. red clover

Ancestry of “puna-apila”, step by step

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

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish apila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapilaclover
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