Where does “riemunkirjava” come from?

riemunkirjava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.

riemunkirjava (Finnish): garish, gaudy, harlequin

Definitions

  1. garish, gaudy, harlequin

Ancestry of “riemunkirjava”, step by step

riemunkirjava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjavacolorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,...
2Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
3Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
4Proto-Uralic-pa—

via Finnish riemu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriemujoy, elation, glee
2Proto-Finnicreemujoy, happiness
Every word from Proto-Uralic -pa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -pa →Every word from Finnish -va →