Where does “kaasuhiili” come from?

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

kaasuhiili (Finnish): gas coal

Definitions

  1. gas coal

Ancestry of “kaasuhiili”, step by step

kaasuhiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiili

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

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiili →
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