'toboggan' originates from the Canadian French word 'tabaganne', which is derived from the Algonquian word 'tobakun', meaning 'sled'.

'tabaganne' transformed into the English word 'toboggan', and eventually became the modern English word 'tobogganing' as a noun and verb form.

Initially, it meant 'sled', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'the activity of riding a sled'.