Where does “lehmänmaito” come from?

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

lehmänmaito (Finnish): cow's milk

Definitions

  1. cow's milk

Ancestry of “lehmänmaito”, step by step

lehmänmaito 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 lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →