Where does “kilpahiihto” come from?

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

kilpahiihto (Finnish): competitive skiing

Definitions

  1. competitive skiing

Ancestry of “kilpahiihto”, step by step

kilpahiihto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihto

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

via Finnish kilpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpacontest, race
Every word from Finnish hiihtää →Every word from Finnish hiihto →