Where does “tasamaahiihto” come from?

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

tasamaahiihto (Finnish): flat-terrain skiing

Definitions

  1. flat-terrain skiing

Ancestry of “tasamaahiihto”, step by step

tasamaahiihto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasamaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasamaaflatland
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 →