Where does “hehkutupsu” come from?

hehkutupsu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupsu, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hehkutupsu (Finnish): any plant of the genus Scadoxus

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Scadoxus

Ancestry of “hehkutupsu”, step by step

hehkutupsu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tupsu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupsutuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish hehku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhehkuglow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →