Where does “maitojäätelö” come from?
maitojäätelö (Finnish) comes from Finnish maito, from Proto-Finnic maito, from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ.
maitojäätelö (Finnish): ice milk; low-fat ice cream
Definitions
- ice milk; low-fat ice cream
Ancestry of “maitojäätelö”, step by step
maitojäätelö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maito | milk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | maito | milk |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | majδ̕ɜ | — |
via Finnish jäätelö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäätelö | ice cream |
| 2 | English | ice cream | A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a... |
| 3 | English | iced cream | Dated form of ice cream |