Where does “punaruskea” come from?

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

punaruskea (Finnish): reddish brown, maroon, chestnut

Definitions

  1. reddish brown, maroon, chestnut

Ancestry of “punaruskea”, step by step

punaruskea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish ruskea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
2Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red
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