Where does “hiilto” come from?

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

hiilto (Finnish): carbonization, charring

Definitions

  1. carbonization, charring

Ancestry of “hiilto”, step by step

hiilto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiltää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiiltääto char; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
3Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “hiilto”

Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →Every word from Finnish hiili →Every word from Finnish hiiltää →