Where does “tulipunainen” come from?

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

tulipunainen (Finnish): scarlet; vermilion; bright red

Definitions

  1. scarlet; vermilion; bright red

Ancestry of “tulipunainen”, step by step

tulipunainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish punainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunainenred; reds, red lights; the socialists
2Proto-Finnicpunainenred
3Proto-Finnicpunared
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire

Words derived from “tulipunainen”

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