Where does “tulipalokärki” come from?

tulipalokärki (Finnish) comes from Finnish palokärki, from Finnish kärki, from Proto-Finnic kärki, from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke.

tulipalokärki (Finnish): helmeted woodpecker, Dryocopus galeatus

Definitions

  1. helmeted woodpecker, Dryocopus galeatus

Ancestry of “tulipalokärki”, step by step

tulipalokärki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palokärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalokärkiblack woodpecker; "Dryocopus martius"; the genus...
2Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
3Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
4Proto-Finno-Permickärke—

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärki →Every word from Finnish kärki →