Where does “punajäkälä” come from?

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

punajäkälä (Finnish): lichen planus

Definitions

  1. lichen planus

Ancestry of “punajäkälä”, step by step

punajäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →
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