Where does “maito-ohdake” come from?

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

maito-ohdake (Finnish): purple milk thistle

Definitions

  1. purple milk thistle

Ancestry of “maito-ohdake”, step by step

maito-ohdake 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 ohdake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohdakethistle
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →