Where does “ruostepapurikko” come from?

ruostepapurikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoste, from Proto-Finnic roostek, from Proto-Germanic rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

ruostepapurikko (Finnish): wall brown, Lasiommata megera

Definitions

  1. wall brown, Lasiommata megera

Ancestry of “ruostepapurikko”, step by step

ruostepapurikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruosterust; rusty; inessive case is sometimes better...
2Proto-Finnicroostekrust
3Proto-Germanicrustazrust
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrudʰso-red
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Finnish papurikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpapurikkodapple horse
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rustaz →