Where does “metsämaitikka” come from?

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

metsämaitikka (Finnish): small cow-wheat, Melampyrum sylvaticum

Definitions

  1. small cow-wheat, Melampyrum sylvaticum

Ancestry of “metsämaitikka”, step by step

metsämaitikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maitikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitikkacow-wheat
2Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
3Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
4Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →