Where does “punahelttainen” come from?

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

punahelttainen (Finnish): red-waffled, red-snooded

Definitions

  1. red-waffled, red-snooded

Ancestry of “punahelttainen”, step by step

punahelttainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish heltta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhelttawattle; snood; gill, lamella
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →