Where does “punainen kääpiö” come from?

punainen kääpiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

punainen kääpiö (Finnish): red dwarf

Definitions

  1. red dwarf

Ancestry of “punainen kääpiö”, step by step

punainen kääpiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääpiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääpiömidget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish punainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunainenred; reds, red lights; the socialists
2Proto-Finnicpunainenred
3Proto-Finnicpunared
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →