Where does “kokkotuli” come from?

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

kokkotuli (Finnish): fire of a bonfire

Definitions

  1. fire of a bonfire

Ancestry of “kokkotuli”, step by step

kokkotuli 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 Kokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKokkoAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finnickokkoia conical heap
3Proto-Finnickokkahook
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →
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