Where does “olympiatuli” come from?

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

olympiatuli (Finnish): Olympic flame

Definitions

  1. Olympic flame

Ancestry of “olympiatuli”, step by step

olympiatuli 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 olympialaiset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisholympialaisetOlympic Games; Nominative plural form of...
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →