Where does “hiihtomaja” come from?

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

hiihtomaja (Finnish): ski lodge, ski chalet

Definitions

  1. ski lodge, ski chalet

Ancestry of “hiihtomaja”, step by step

hiihtomaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihto

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

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Finnish hiihtää →Every word from Finnish hiihto →
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