Where does “punajuuri” come from?

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

punajuuri (Finnish): A red variety of the beet, the beetroot, Beta...

Definitions

  1. A red variety of the beet, the beetroot, Beta...

Ancestry of “punajuuri”, step by step

punajuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—

Words derived from “punajuuri”

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