Where does “punasotka” come from?

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

punasotka (Finnish): common pochard, "Aythya ferina"

Definitions

  1. common pochard, "Aythya ferina"

Ancestry of “punasotka”, step by step

punasotka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish sotka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotkabluebill, scaup; The common goldeneye, "Bucephala...
2Proto-Finnicsotkaduck species
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśoδka—

Words derived from “punasotka”

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