Where does “punalevä” come from?

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

punalevä (Finnish): red alga

Definitions

  1. red alga

Ancestry of “punalevä”, step by step

punalevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish levä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleväalga; seaweed
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →