Where does “hiihtoloma” come from?

hiihtoloma (Finnish) comes from Finnish loma, from Proto-Finnic loma, from Proto-Finno-Permic loma — gap.

hiihtoloma (Finnish): one week of holiday given to schoolchildren in...

Definitions

  1. one week of holiday given to schoolchildren in...

Ancestry of “hiihtoloma”, step by step

hiihtoloma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap

via Finnish hiihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtoskiing; "In plural," skiing games
2FinnishhiihtääTo ski
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic loma →Every word from Proto-Finnic loma →Every word from Finnish loma →