Where does “punoittaa” come from?

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

punoittaa (Finnish): To have a shade of red

Definitions

  1. To have a shade of red

Ancestry of “punoittaa”, step by step

punoittaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

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

via Finnish oittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoittaa—

Words derived from “punoittaa”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →