Where does “tuliterä” come from?
tuliterä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuli, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.
tuliterä (Finnish): brand new
Ancestry of “tuliterä”, step by step
tuliterä 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 terä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | terä | blade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | terä | blade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | terä | edge |