Where does “tuletõrjuja” come from?

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

tuletõrjuja (Estonian): fireman

Definitions

  1. fireman

Ancestry of “tuletõrjuja”, step by step

tuletõrjuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian tuli

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

via Estonian tõrjuja

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