Where does “maastohiihto” come from?

maastohiihto (Finnish) comes from Finnish maasto, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maastohiihto (Finnish): cross-country skiing

Definitions

  1. cross-country skiing

Ancestry of “maastohiihto”, step by step

maastohiihto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaastoterrain
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish hiihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtoskiing; "In plural," skiing games
2FinnishhiihtääTo ski
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →