Where does “kaarituli” come from?

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

kaarituli (Finnish): indirect artillery fire, artillery fire shot at a high ballistic arc and not horizontally

Definitions

  1. indirect artillery fire, artillery fire shot at a high ballistic arc and not horizontally

Ancestry of “kaarituli”, step by step

kaarituli 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 kaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →
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