Where does “tulennielijä” come from?

tulennielijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nielijä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

tulennielijä (Finnish): fire-eater, firebreather

Definitions

  1. fire-eater, firebreather

Ancestry of “tulennielijä”, step by step

tulennielijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nielijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnielijäswallower
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →