Where does “maitovanukas” come from?

maitovanukas (Finnish) comes from Finnish vanukas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

maitovanukas (Finnish): milk pudding

Definitions

  1. milk pudding

Ancestry of “maitovanukas”, step by step

maitovanukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vanukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanukaspudding
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →