Where does “tulilintu” come from?

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

tulilintu (Ingrian): black woodpecker

Definitions

  1. black woodpecker

Ancestry of “tulilintu”, step by step

tulilintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian tuli

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

via Ingrian lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlintubird
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuli →Every word from Ingrian tuli →
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