Where does “verenpuna” come from?

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

verenpuna (Finnish): hemoglobin

Definitions

  1. hemoglobin

Ancestry of “verenpuna”, step by step

verenpuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunaThe color red
2Proto-Finnicpunared
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric puna →Every word from Proto-Finnic puna →Every word from Finnish puna →