Where does “hiihtotapa” come from?

hiihtotapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapa, from Proto-Finnic tapa — way, custom; nature.

hiihtotapa (Finnish): skiing style; form of cross-country skiing

Definitions

  1. skiing style; form of cross-country skiing

Ancestry of “hiihtotapa”, step by step

hiihtotapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature

via Finnish hiihto

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