Where does “punahehku” come from?

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

punahehku (Finnish): red-hot glow

Definitions

  1. red-hot glow

Ancestry of “punahehku”, step by step

punahehku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish hehku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhehkuglow
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