Where does “rakotuli” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rakotuli”, step by step

rakotuli 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 rako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakoslit, slot; crack; chink
2Proto-Finnicrakocrack
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →