Where does “maitopisara” come from?

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

maitopisara (Finnish): a drop of milk

Definitions

  1. a drop of milk

Ancestry of “maitopisara”, step by step

maitopisara 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 pisara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpisaradrop
2Proto-Finnicpisaradrop
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →