Where does “revontulet” come from?
revontulet (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuli, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.
revontulet (Finnish): aurora; northern lights, aurora borealis;...
Definitions
- aurora; northern lights, aurora borealis;...
Ancestry of “revontulet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuli | fire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *tuli | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | tule | fire |