Where does “punatukka” come from?

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

punatukka (Finnish): red hair

Definitions

  1. red hair

Ancestry of “punatukka”, step by step

punatukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish tukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukkahair
2Proto-Finnictukkahair on the head
3Proto-Uralicčukka—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →