Where does “maitotölkki” come from?

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

maitotölkki (Finnish): milk carton

Definitions

  1. milk carton

Ancestry of “maitotölkki”, step by step

maitotölkki 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 tölkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtölkkican, tin, carton

Words derived from “maitotölkki”

Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →
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