Where does “hiilimiilu” come from?

hiilimiilu (Finnish) comes from Greenlandic Miilu, from Danish Møller, from Danish møller — miller; indefinite plural of mølle.

hiilimiilu (Finnish): charcoal kiln, charcoal pile

Definitions

  1. charcoal kiln, charcoal pile

Ancestry of “hiilimiilu”, step by step

hiilimiilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic Miilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicMiilu—
2DanishMøllermiller
3Danishmøllermiller; indefinite plural of mølle

via Finnish hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember
Every word from Danish møller →Every word from Danish Møller →Every word from Greenlandic Miilu →