Where does “tulirepo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tulirepo”, step by step

tulirepo 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 Repo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRepofox, Vulpes vulpes
2Proto-Finnicrepoifox
3Proto-Finno-Ugricrepä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Finnish tuli →