Where does “hiiltopuu” come from?

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

hiiltopuu (Finnish): wood burned to make charcoal

Definitions

  1. wood burned to make charcoal

Ancestry of “hiiltopuu”, step by step

hiiltopuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiilto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiiltocarbonization, charring
2Finnishhiiltääto char; Third-person singular indicative present...
3Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
4Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →Every word from Finnish hiili →Every word from Finnish hiiltää →