Where does “tuliliemi” come from?

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

tuliliemi (Finnish): firewater

Definitions

  1. firewater

Ancestry of “tuliliemi”, step by step

tuliliemi 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 liemi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliemibroth; stock; liquor
2Proto-Finnicleemibroth, soup
3Proto-Uraliclämebroth
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →