Where does “punakampela” come from?

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

punakampela (Finnish): European plaice, "Pleuronectes platessa"

Definitions

  1. European plaice, "Pleuronectes platessa"

Ancestry of “punakampela”, step by step

punakampela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish kampela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkampelaflounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish
2Finnishkampicrank
3Proto-Finnickampi—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →