Where does “merikelvoton” come from?

merikelvoton (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelvoton, from Finnish kelpo, from Finnish kelvata, from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

merikelvoton (Finnish): unseaworthy

Definitions

  1. unseaworthy

Ancestry of “merikelvoton”, step by step

merikelvoton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kelvoton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelvotonuseless, good for nothing; worthless; unfit
2Finnishkelpodecent, good, fine
3Finnishkelvatato do, work, suffice
4Proto-Finnickelbat'akto do, to suffice
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “merikelvoton”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic helpaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak →