Where does “hiilijalanjälki” come from?

hiilijalanjälki (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalanjälki, from Finnish jälki, from Proto-Finnic jälki, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke.

hiilijalanjälki (Finnish): carbon footprint

Definitions

  1. carbon footprint

Ancestry of “hiilijalanjälki”, step by step

hiilijalanjälki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalanjälki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalanjälkifootprint
2Finnishjälkitrace; track; aftermath
3Proto-Finnicjälkitrace, mark; track, trail
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—

via Finnish hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke →Every word from Proto-Finnic jälki →Every word from Finnish jälki →
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