Where does “punikkitatti” come from?

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

punikkitatti (Finnish): any of the three following mushrooms: koivunpunikkitatti, haavanpunikkitatti, männynpunikkitatti

Definitions

  1. any of the three following mushrooms: koivunpunikkitatti, haavanpunikkitatti, männynpunikkitatti

Ancestry of “punikkitatti”, step by step

punikkitatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish punikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunikkired
2FinnishpunaThe color red
3Proto-Finnicpunared
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish tatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtattibolete; thumbstick
2Swedishtättato steal, gyp

Words derived from “punikkitatti”

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