English

skiable

From ski + -able.

A compound of ski + -able

Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut, split’

Proto-Germanic *skīdą ‘stick’

Old Norse skíð ‘stick of wood, snowshoe’

English ski

Today it means

adj Able to be skied on; having conditions amenable to skiing.

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