Where does “hehkuhilse” come from?

hehkuhilse (Finnish) comes from Finnish hehku — glow.

hehkuhilse (Finnish): scale, scaling flaky material sloughed off heated metal

Definitions

  1. scale, scaling flaky material sloughed off heated metal

Ancestry of “hehkuhilse”, step by step

hehkuhilse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hehku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhehkuglow

via Finnish hilse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilsedandruff
Every word from Finnish hehku