Where does “tummanruskea” come from?

tummanruskea (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruskea, from Proto-Finnic ruskeda — brown, red.

tummanruskea (Finnish): dark brown

Definitions

  1. dark brown

Ancestry of “tummanruskea”, step by step

tummanruskea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruskea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
2Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red

via Finnish tumma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtummadark; dark-haired; Romani, Rom
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