Where does “päretuli” come from?

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

päretuli (Finnish): fire burning in wooden shingles or shakes

Definitions

  1. fire burning in wooden shingles or shakes

Ancestry of “päretuli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →