Where does “tulikerä” come from?

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

tulikerä (Ingrian): ball lightning

Definitions

  1. ball lightning

Ancestry of “tulikerä”, step by step

tulikerä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriantulifire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire

via Ingrian kerä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankeräskein
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Ingrian tuli →