Where does “tulekustuti” come from?

tulekustuti (Estonian) comes from Estonian tuli, from Proto-Finnic tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.

tulekustuti (Estonian): fire extinguisher

Definitions

  1. fire extinguisher

Ancestry of “tulekustuti”, step by step

tulekustuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantulifire; light, lightsource; check
2Proto-Finnictulifire
3Proto-Uralictulefire

via Estonian kustuti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankustuti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuli →Every word from Estonian tuli →