Where does “tulenkestävyys” come from?

tulenkestävyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulenkestävä, from Finnish tuli, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.

tulenkestävyys (Finnish): fireproofness

Definitions

  1. fireproofness

Ancestry of “tulenkestävyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulenkestäväfireproof, refractory
2Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
4Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →