Where does “hiilitaakka” come from?

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

hiilitaakka (Finnish): carbon footprint

Definitions

  1. carbon footprint

Ancestry of “hiilitaakka”, step by step

hiilitaakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish taakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaakkaburden; pack
2Proto-Finnic*takka(hay) load, burden
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →