Where does “tulimato” come from?

tulimato (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

tulimato (Ingrian): glowworm

Definitions

  1. glowworm

Ancestry of “tulimato”, step by step

tulimato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmatosnake
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—

via Ingrian tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriantulifire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo →Every word from Proto-Finnic mato →Every word from Ingrian mato →