Where does “maitotiehyt” come from?

maitotiehyt (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiehyt, from Finnish tie, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

maitotiehyt (Finnish): milk duct, lactiferous duct

Definitions

  1. milk duct, lactiferous duct

Ancestry of “maitotiehyt”, step by step

maitotiehyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiehyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiehytduct
2Finnishtieway; road; avenue
3Proto-Finnicteeway, road
4Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →