Where does “veriappelsiini” come from?

veriappelsiini (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

veriappelsiini (Finnish): blood orange

Definitions

  1. blood orange

Ancestry of “veriappelsiini”, step by step

veriappelsiini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish appelsiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishappelsiiniorange
2Swedishappelsinorange
3DutchappelsineChinese apple; apple from China
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →