Where does “punahonka” come from?

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

punahonka (Finnish): red pine, red-hearted pine

Definitions

  1. red pine, red-hearted pine

Ancestry of “punahonka”, step by step

punahonka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish honka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhonkaA large pine tree with a straight trunk
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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