Where does “vaaleanpunainen” come from?

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

vaaleanpunainen (Finnish): pink

Definitions

  1. pink

Ancestry of “vaaleanpunainen”, step by step

vaaleanpunainen 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 vaalea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaalealight, pale of a shade of colour
2Proto-Finnicvaaleda—
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—

Words derived from “vaaleanpunainen”

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