Where does “hiihtovauhti” come from?

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

hiihtovauhti (Finnish): skiing speed

Definitions

  1. skiing speed

Ancestry of “hiihtovauhti”, step by step

hiihtovauhti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihto

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

via Finnish vauhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauhtispeed, velocity, pace; momentum; speed
Every word from Finnish hiihtää →Every word from Finnish hiihto →