Where does “maitotiiviste” come from?

maitotiiviste (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiiviste, from Finnish tiivistää, from Finnish tiivis, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

maitotiiviste (Finnish): condensed milk, evaporated milk

Definitions

  1. condensed milk, evaporated milk

Ancestry of “maitotiiviste”, step by step

maitotiiviste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiiviste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiivisteseal, gasket; concentrate; weatherstrip
2Finnishtiivistääto compact, compress
3Finnishtiivistight, compact, dense, solid; concise
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós