Where does “punavarpunen” come from?

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

punavarpunen (Finnish): rosefinch

Definitions

  1. rosefinch

Ancestry of “punavarpunen”, step by step

punavarpunen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish varpunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarpunensparrow; passerine, sparrow
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →