Where does “tulenkestävä” come from?
tulenkestävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuli, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.
tulenkestävä (Finnish): fireproof, refractory
Ancestry of “tulenkestävä”, step by step
tulenkestävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuli | fire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *tuli | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | tule | fire |
via Finnish kestävä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kestävä | durable, lasting, long-lasting; sustainable;... |
| 2 | Finnish | kestää | to cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kestädäk | to last, endure |
Words derived from “tulenkestävä”