Where does “soihtukynttilä” come from?
soihtukynttilä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kynttilä, from Faroese kyndil, from Old Norse kyndill, from Latin candēla, from Latin candeō, from Proto-Italic kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European kand- — to shine, glow.
soihtukynttilä (Finnish): outdoor candle
Ancestry of “soihtukynttilä”, step by step