Where does “mallasmaito” come from?

mallasmaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish mallas, from Proto-Finnic maldas, from Proto-Germanic maltaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

mallasmaito (Finnish): malted milk beverage

Definitions

  1. malted milk beverage

Ancestry of “mallasmaito”, step by step

mallasmaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mallas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallasmalt
2Proto-Finnicmaldasmalt
3Proto-Germanicmaltazsoft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting; malt; soft,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maltaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic maldas →