Where does “kajakkimelonta” come from?

kajakkimelonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish melonta, from Finnish meloa, from Finnish mela, from Proto-Finnic mela, from Proto-Finno-Permic melä.

kajakkimelonta (Finnish): kayaking

Definitions

  1. kayaking

Ancestry of “kajakkimelonta”, step by step

kajakkimelonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish melonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmelontapaddling
2Finnishmeloato paddle to propel something with a paddle
3Finnishmelapaddle; dick
4Proto-Finnicmelapaddle
5Proto-Finno-Permicmelä—

via Finnish kajakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkajakkikayak; kayaking
2Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
3Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
4Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic melä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mela →Every word from Finnish mela →