Where does “melan” come from?

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

melan (Finnish): Genitive singular form of mela

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of mela

Ancestry of “melan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmelapaddle; dick
2Proto-Finnicmelapaddle
3Proto-Finno-Permicmelä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic melä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mela →Every word from Finnish mela →