Where does “punapeippi” come from?

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

punapeippi (Finnish): red dead-nettle

Definitions

  1. red dead-nettle

Ancestry of “punapeippi”, step by step

punapeippi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish peippi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeippideadnettle; the genus "Lamium"
2Finnishpeipatato do a dummy, to feint, to deke
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