Where does “tulikuuma” come from?

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

tulikuuma (Finnish): firehot, boiling, sizzling hot

Definitions

  1. firehot, boiling, sizzling hot

Ancestry of “tulikuuma”, step by step

tulikuuma 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 kuuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
2Proto-Finnickuumahot

Words derived from “tulikuuma

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