Where does “juhannustuli” come from?

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

juhannustuli (Finnish): fire of a Midsummer bonfire

Definitions

  1. fire of a Midsummer bonfire

Ancestry of “juhannustuli”, step by step

juhannustuli 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 juhannus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuhannusMidsummer Day, Saint John's Day
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →