Where does “puna-ara” come from?

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

puna-ara (Finnish): scarlet macaw, "Ara macao"

Definitions

  1. scarlet macaw, "Ara macao"

Ancestry of “puna-ara”, step by step

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

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish ara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharamacaw
2taxonomic nameAra—
3Old Tupiaráscarlet macaw (Ara macao)
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