Where does “melonta” come from?

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

melonta (Finnish): paddling

Definitions

  1. paddling

Ancestry of “melonta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “melonta”

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