Where does “punatulkku” come from?

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

punatulkku (Finnish): bullfinch

Definitions

  1. bullfinch

Ancestry of “punatulkku”, step by step

punatulkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish tulkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulkkubullfinch; short for punatulkku; bullfinch,...
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