Where does “maitokuume” come from?

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

maitokuume (Finnish): milk fever type of fever occurring in women shortly after childbirth

Definitions

  1. milk fever type of fever occurring in women shortly after childbirth

Ancestry of “maitokuume”, step by step

maitokuume 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 kuume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumefever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...
2Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
3Proto-Finnickuumahot
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →