Where does “vauvansininen” come from?

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

vauvansininen (Finnish): baby blue shade of pale blue

Definitions

  1. baby blue shade of pale blue

Ancestry of “vauvansininen”, step by step

vauvansininen 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 vauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauvababy; a baby animal
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sine →Every word from Proto-Finnic sini →Every word from Proto-Finnic sininen →