Where does “hiihtokeli” come from?

hiihtokeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiihto, from Finnish hiihtää — To ski.

hiihtokeli (Finnish): skiing conditions, (good) weather for skiing

Definitions

  1. skiing conditions, (good) weather for skiing

Ancestry of “hiihtokeli”, step by step

hiihtokeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtoskiing; "In plural," skiing games
2FinnishhiihtääTo ski

via Finnish keli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeliweather conditions relating specifically to...
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