Where does “punakirjava” come from?

punakirjava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.

punakirjava (Finnish): of red but mixed color of many colors but dominated by red colors

Definitions

  1. of red but mixed color of many colors but dominated by red colors

Ancestry of “punakirjava”, step by step

punakirjava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjavacolorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,...
2Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
3Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
4Proto-Uralic-pa

via Finnish puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunaThe color red
2Proto-Finnicpunared
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair
Every word from Proto-Uralic -paEvery word from Proto-Finnic -paEvery word from Finnish -va