Where does “elotuli” come from?

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

elotuli (Finnish): sheet lightning

Definitions

  1. sheet lightning

Ancestry of “elotuli”, step by step

elotuli 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 Elo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishElolife, living
2Proto-Samicealōreindeer herd
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →