Where does “punavalkea” come from?

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

punavalkea (Finnish): light red or red and white

Definitions

  1. light red or red and white

Ancestry of “punavalkea”, step by step

punavalkea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish valkea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalkeawhite; bright; fire, campfire
2Proto-Finnicvalkedawhite
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwëlketa—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →