Where does “tulikettu” come from?
tulikettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.
tulikettu (Finnish): A mythical creature in the Finnish folklore, a...
Definitions
- A mythical creature in the Finnish folklore, a...
Ancestry of “tulikettu”, step by step
tulikettu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kettu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kettu | red fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu |
| 2 | Finnish | kettää | — |
| 3 | Finnish | kesi | The thin outer layer of skin; Third-person... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keci | outer skin |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | keδ́e | — |
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 |
Words derived from “tulikettu”