Where does “punalohi” come from?

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

punalohi (Finnish): sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka

Definitions

  1. sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka

Ancestry of “punalohi”, step by step

punalohi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish lohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohisalmon; Atlantic salmon
2Proto-Finniclohisalmon
3Proto-Balticlaśas—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →