Where does “hiilifluoridi” come from?

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

hiilifluoridi (Finnish): fluorocarbon

Definitions

  1. fluorocarbon

Ancestry of “hiilifluoridi”, step by step

hiilifluoridi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish fluoridi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfluoridifluoride
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →Every word from Finnish hiili →