Where does “punalakkinen” come from?

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

punalakkinen (Finnish): red-capped, with a red cap or hat

Definitions

  1. red-capped, with a red cap or hat

Ancestry of “punalakkinen”, step by step

punalakkinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish lakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakkiheadwear; cap; cap, pileus
2Swedishbläckink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc;...
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