Where does “tuliluikku” come from?
tuliluikku (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuli, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.
tuliluikku (Finnish): firearm
Ancestry of “tuliluikku”, step by step
tuliluikku 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 luikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luikku | shepherd's horn |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |