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Where does “hiilistö” come from?

hiilistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiili, from Finnish kivihiili, from Finnish kivi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

hiilistö (Finnish): embers

Definitions

  1. embers

Ancestry of “hiilistö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Finnishkivihiilicoal, black coal, bituminous coal
3Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
4Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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