Where does “mela” come from?

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

mela (Finnish): paddle; dick

Definitions

  1. paddle; dick

Ancestry of “mela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmelapaddle
2Proto-Finno-Permicmelä—

Words derived from “mela”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic melä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mela →
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