Where does “maitotilkka” come from?

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

maitotilkka (Finnish): a dash or dribble of milk

Definitions

  1. a dash or dribble of milk

Ancestry of “maitotilkka”, step by step

maitotilkka 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 tilkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilkkadribble, dash, drop
2Proto-Finnictilkkadrop
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →