Where does “kestomaito” come from?

kestomaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish maito, from Proto-Finnic maito, from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ.

kestomaito (Finnish): UHT milk

Definitions

  1. UHT milk

Ancestry of “kestomaito”, step by step

kestomaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—

via Finnish kesto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestodurability; duration; permanent, durable
2Finnishkestääto cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to...
3Proto-Finnickestädäkto last, endure
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →