Where does “hiilitase” come from?

hiilitase (Finnish) comes from Finnish tase, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

hiilitase (Finnish): carbon balance, carbon budget

Definitions

  1. carbon balance, carbon budget

Ancestry of “hiilitase”, step by step

hiilitase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasebalance sheet
2Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
3Proto-Finnictasaeven
4Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa