Where does “tuskanpunainen” come from?

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

tuskanpunainen (Finnish): bright red

Definitions

  1. bright red

Ancestry of “tuskanpunainen”, step by step

tuskanpunainen 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 tuska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuskapain, distress, agony, suffering
2Old East Slavicтъска—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic punainen →
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