Where does “punajuurikeitto” come from?

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

punajuurikeitto (Finnish): beet soup

Definitions

  1. beet soup

Ancestry of “punajuurikeitto”, step by step

punajuurikeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish punajuuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunajuuriA red variety of the beet, the beetroot, Beta...
2FinnishpunaThe color red
3Proto-Finnicpunared
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →