Where does “tummansininen” come from?

tummansininen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sininen, from Proto-Finnic sininen, from Proto-Finnic sini, from Proto-Finno-Permic sine.

tummansininen (Finnish): dark blue

Definitions

  1. dark blue

Ancestry of “tummansininen”, step by step

tummansininen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sininen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsininenblue; The color blue
2Proto-Finnicsininenblue
3Proto-Finnicsiniblue
4Proto-Finno-Permicsine—

via Finnish tumma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtummadark; dark-haired; Romani, Rom
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sine →Every word from Proto-Finnic sini →Every word from Proto-Finnic sininen →