Where does “punakellertävä” come from?

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

punakellertävä (Finnish): slightly yellowish red

Definitions

  1. slightly yellowish red

Ancestry of “punakellertävä”, step by step

punakellertävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish kellertävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkellertäväyellowish
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →