Where does “tuulikantele” come from?
tuulikantele (Finnish) comes from Finnish Tuuli, from Finnish Tuulikki — A forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala.
Ancestry of “tuulikantele”, step by step
tuulikantele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Tuuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Tuuli | wind |
| 2 | Finnish | Tuulikki | A forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala |
via Finnish kantele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kantele | kantele; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | kantla | — |