Where does “pajahiili” come from?

pajahiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish paja, from Proto-Finnic paja, from Proto-Germanic pago-, from Proto-Celtic ago-, from Yoruba a-.

pajahiili (Finnish): coal for a smithy or forge

Definitions

  1. coal for a smithy or forge

Ancestry of “pajahiili”, step by step

pajahiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajasmithy, forge; workshop; workplace
2Proto-Finnicpajasmithy, forge
3Proto-Germanicpago-—
4Proto-Celticago-—
5Yorubaa-—

via Finnish hiili

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