Where does “punastua” come from?

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

punastua (Finnish): To blush

Definitions

  1. To blush

Ancestry of “punastua”, step by step

punastua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Ingrian puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpunared

Words derived from “punastua”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →