Where does “hiihtoeliitti” come from?

hiihtoeliitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish eliitti, from French élite, from French élit, from Old French eslit, from Old French elire, from Latin eligere, from Latin eligo, from Latin e- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

hiihtoeliitti (Finnish): skiing elite the elite of skiers

Definitions

  1. skiing elite the elite of skiers

Ancestry of “hiihtoeliitti”, step by step

hiihtoeliitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eliitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheliittielite
2Frenchéliteelite
3Frenchélitthird-person singular present indicative of...
4Old Frencheslitchosen, elected
5Old Frenchelire
6Latineligeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatineligoI choose, I pluck or root out, extract; I pick...
8Latine-Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly
9Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
10LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
11LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
12Latincommūnicōto impart, share
13Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
14Old Latincom(m)oinis
15Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
16Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
17Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
18Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
19Middle Englishkyt
20Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

via Finnish hiihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtoskiing; "In plural," skiing games
2FinnishhiihtääTo ski
Every word from Middle Dutch kitteEvery word from Middle English kytEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe