Where does “koskimelonta” come from?

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

koskimelonta (Finnish): whitewater canoeing, canoeing down through rapids

Definitions

  1. whitewater canoeing, canoeing down through rapids

Ancestry of “koskimelonta”, step by step

koskimelonta 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 Koski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKoskiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Proto-Finnickoskia continuous series of relatively small...
3Proto-Uralickośke—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic melä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mela →Every word from Finnish mela →