Where does “melontaretki” come from?

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

melontaretki (Finnish): canoe trip

Definitions

  1. canoe trip

Ancestry of “melontaretki”, step by step

melontaretki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish melonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmelontapaddling
2Finnishmeloato paddle to propel something with a paddle
3Finnishmelapaddle; dick
4Proto-Finnicmelapaddle
5Proto-Finno-Permicmelä—

via Finnish retki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkitrip; expedition
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic melä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mela →Every word from Finnish mela →