Where does “hiilihydraatti” come from?

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

hiilihydraatti (Finnish): carbohydrate

Definitions

  1. carbohydrate

Ancestry of “hiilihydraatti”, step by step

hiilihydraatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish hydraatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhydraattihydrate

Words derived from “hiilihydraatti”

Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →Every word from Finnish hiili →