Where does “maidonvalkea” come from?

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

maidonvalkea (Finnish): milky white

Definitions

  1. milky white

Ancestry of “maidonvalkea”, step by step

maidonvalkea 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 valkea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalkeawhite; bright; fire, campfire
2Proto-Finnicvalkedawhite
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwëlketa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →
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