Where does “dihiilimonoksidi” come from?

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

dihiilimonoksidi (Finnish): dicarbon monoxide

Definitions

  1. dicarbon monoxide

Ancestry of “dihiilimonoksidi”, step by step

dihiilimonoksidi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish monoksidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonoksidimonoxide
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili