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

  1. aurora; northern lights, aurora borealis;...

Ancestry of “revontulet”, step by step

revontulet 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 repo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrepofox, "Vulpes vulpes"
2Proto-Finnicrepoifox
3Proto-Finno-Ugricrepä—

Words derived from “revontulet”

Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →