Where does “melontaretkeily” come from?
melontaretkeily (Finnish) comes from Finnish melonta, from Finnish meloa, from Finnish mela, from Proto-Finnic mela, from Proto-Finno-Permic melä.
melontaretkeily (Finnish): canoe camping
Ancestry of “melontaretkeily”, step by step
melontaretkeily 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 retkeily
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | retkeily | hiking |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |