Where does “hiihtoseura” come from?

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

hiihtoseura (Finnish): ski club, skiing club

Definitions

  1. ski club, skiing club

Ancestry of “hiihtoseura”, step by step

hiihtoseura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihto

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

via Finnish seura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseuracompany; society; club, especially a...
2Proto-Finnicseprafriend; friendship, companionship
Every word from Finnish hiihtää →Every word from Finnish hiihto →