Where does “laakatuli” come from?

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

laakatuli (Finnish): direct artillery fire, artillery fire shot horizontally instead of shooting at a ballistic arc

Definitions

  1. direct artillery fire, artillery fire shot horizontally instead of shooting at a ballistic arc

Ancestry of “laakatuli”, step by step

laakatuli 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 laaka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaakahorizontal, flat; horizontal hit, line drive
2Proto-Finniclaakalow
3Proto-Norselāgaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →