Where does “maitokivi” come from?
maitokivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish maito, from Proto-Finnic maito, from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ.
maitokivi (Finnish): milkstone
Ancestry of “maitokivi”, step by step
maitokivi 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 kivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |