Where does “meloja” come from?

meloja (Finnish) comes from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

meloja (Finnish): paddler; canoeist, canoer; kayaker

Definitions

  1. paddler; canoeist, canoer; kayaker

Ancestry of “meloja”, step by step

meloja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish meloa

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

Words derived from “meloja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →