Where does “punatähkä” come from?

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

punatähkä (Finnish): blazing star plant in the genus

Definitions

  1. blazing star plant in the genus

Ancestry of “punatähkä”, step by step

punatähkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →