Where does “hiilineutraali” come from?

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

hiilineutraali (Finnish): carbon neutral, carbon-neutral

Definitions

  1. carbon neutral, carbon-neutral

Ancestry of “hiilineutraali”, step by step

hiilineutraali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish neutraali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneutraalineutral
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →
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