Where does “steariinikynttilä” come from?
steariinikynttilä (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.
steariinikynttilä (Finnish): stearin candle
Ancestry of “steariinikynttilä”, step by step