Where does “tunturihiihto” come from?

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

tunturihiihto (Finnish): tunturi skiing

Definitions

  1. tunturi skiing

Ancestry of “tunturihiihto”, step by step

tunturihiihto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihto

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

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell
Every word from Finnish hiihtää →Every word from Finnish hiihto →