Where does “tulimuurahainen” come from?

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

tulimuurahainen (Finnish): red imported fire ant, "Solenopsis invicta"

Definitions

  1. red imported fire ant, "Solenopsis invicta"

Ancestry of “tulimuurahainen”, step by step

tulimuurahainen 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 muurahainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
2Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-—

Words derived from “tulimuurahainen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →
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