Where does “tuline” come from?
tuline (Estonian) comes from Finnish tulinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
tuline (Estonian): hot; fiery, burning; emotional, strong
Definitions
- hot; fiery, burning; emotional, strong
Ancestry of “tuline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tulinen | fiery; burning; hot, spicy |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |