fuligo

soot, lampblack

Pronounced as (IPA)

[fuːˈliː.ɡoː]

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂-li-s, from the root *dʰewh₂- (“to blow; wind, vapor, smoke”). Cognate with Lithuanian dūlis (“fog”). See also Latin furvus (“dark, swarthy”), fuscus (“dark, black”) and fūmus (“smoke”). For the terminal element, compare -īgō.

Concepts

soot

Translations

estalzí

sutge

sutja

Ruß

Russ

αιθάλη

suie

fuliggine

roet

zoet

rookzwart

sadza

kopeć

fuligem

hollín