Where does “kelkkamäki” come from?

kelkkamäki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kelkkamäki (Finnish): toboggan slide, toboggan run

Definitions

  1. toboggan slide, toboggan run

Ancestry of “kelkkamäki”, step by step

kelkkamäki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish kelkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelkkasmall sled or sledge equipped with runners;...
2Proto-Norsekelkā
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish Mäki