Where does “punasokeus” come from?

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

punasokeus (Finnish): protanopia form of color blindness in which the red cones do not work

Definitions

  1. protanopia form of color blindness in which the red cones do not work

Ancestry of “punasokeus”, step by step

punasokeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish sokeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokeusblindness
2Finnishsokeablind
3Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →