Where does “hiilivero” come from?

hiilivero (Finnish) comes from Finnish vero, from Proto-Finnic vero — meal.

hiilivero (Finnish): carbon tax

Definitions

  1. carbon tax

Ancestry of “hiilivero”, step by step

hiilivero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal

via Finnish hiili

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