Where does “hiilimurska” come from?

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

hiilimurska (Finnish): coal slack

Definitions

  1. coal slack

Ancestry of “hiilimurska”, step by step

hiilimurska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish murska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurskacrushed material

Words derived from “hiilimurska”

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