Where does “hiilikaasu” come from?

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

hiilikaasu (Finnish): coal gas combustible gas prepared by heating coal with steam, used e.g. as town gas

Definitions

  1. coal gas combustible gas prepared by heating coal with steam, used e.g. as town gas

Ancestry of “hiilikaasu”, step by step

hiilikaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →Every word from Finnish hiili →