Where does “maitovelli” come from?

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

maitovelli (Finnish): milk pap, milk gruel

Definitions

  1. milk pap, milk gruel

Ancestry of “maitovelli”, step by step

maitovelli 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 velli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelligruel
2Swedishvällinggruel, soup made from cereal, thin porridge
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →