Where does “punakuiri” come from?

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

punakuiri (Finnish): bar-tailed godwit, "Limosa lapponica"

Definitions

  1. bar-tailed godwit, "Limosa lapponica"

Ancestry of “punakuiri”, step by step

punakuiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish kuiri

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