Where does “tulikivi” come from?

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

tulikivi (Finnish): brimstone

Definitions

  1. brimstone

Ancestry of “tulikivi”, step by step

tulikivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli
3Proto-Uralictulefire

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

Words derived from “tulikivi

Every word from Proto-Uralic tuleEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuliEvery word from Finnish tuli