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Where does “hiihtokenkä” come from?

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

hiihtokenkä (Finnish): skiing shoe

Definitions

  1. skiing shoe

Ancestry of “hiihtokenkä”, step by step

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