Where does “avata tuli” come from?

avata tuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuli, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.

avata tuli (Finnish): to open fire

Definitions

  1. to open fire

Ancestry of “avata tuli”, step by step

avata tuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire

via Finnish avata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavatato open; to unwrap; to turn on
2Proto-Finnicavait'akto open
3Proto-Finno-Ugricaŋa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →