Where does “maidonvastike” come from?

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

maidonvastike (Finnish): milk replacer

Definitions

  1. milk replacer

Ancestry of “maidonvastike”, step by step

maidonvastike 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 vastike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastikesubstitute; compensation, quid pro quo; dues
2Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
3Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →
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