Where does “tulirauta” come from?

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

tulirauta (Finnish): frizzen a piece of steel used in flintlock firearms, struck by the flint to create a spark

Definitions

  1. frizzen a piece of steel used in flintlock firearms, struck by the flint to create a spark

Ancestry of “tulirauta”, step by step

tulirauta 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 rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →