Where does “punaposkinen” come from?

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

punaposkinen (Finnish): rosy-cheeked, flushed, with red cheeks

Definitions

  1. rosy-cheeked, flushed, with red cheeks

Ancestry of “punaposkinen”, step by step

punaposkinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish poski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishposkicheek
2Proto-Finnicposkicheek
3Proto-Uralicposkecheek
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →