Where does “melontakilpailu” come from?
melontakilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish melonta, from Finnish meloa, from Finnish mela, from Proto-Finnic mela, from Proto-Finno-Permic melä.
melontakilpailu (Finnish): rowing competition
Ancestry of “melontakilpailu”, step by step
melontakilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish melonta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | melonta | paddling |
| 2 | Finnish | meloa | to paddle to propel something with a paddle |
| 3 | Finnish | mela | paddle; dick |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | mela | paddle |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | melä | — |
via Finnish kilpailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kilpailu | contest, competition, race; competition; rivalry |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |