Where does “punasusi” come from?

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

punasusi (Finnish): red wolf, "Canis rufus"

Definitions

  1. red wolf, "Canis rufus"

Ancestry of “punasusi”, step by step

punasusi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish susi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsusigrey wolf; dud
2Proto-Finnicsuciwolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Finnish wolf]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwolf]]—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →