Where does “punasimppu” come from?

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

punasimppu (Finnish): Any fish in the genus Sebastes of marine ray-finned fish found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Many are commonly called rockfish in English, but some are ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead

Definitions

  1. Any fish in the genus Sebastes of marine ray-finned fish found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Many are commonly called rockfish in English, but some are ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead

Ancestry of “punasimppu”, step by step

punasimppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish simppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsimppusculpin; plebe
2Swedishsimpasculpin fish in the
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