Where does “tulikivi” come from?
tulikivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuli, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.
tulikivi (Finnish): brimstone
Ancestry of “tulikivi”, step by step
tulikivi 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 kivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |
Words derived from “tulikivi”