Where does “ahjohiili” come from?

ahjohiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiili, from Proto-Finnic hiili — charcoal; ember.

ahjohiili (Finnish): forge coal

Definitions

  1. forge coal

Ancestry of “ahjohiili”, step by step

ahjohiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember

via Finnish ahjo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahjoforge, furnace
2Proto-Germanicasjǭsoapstone
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →