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
- small cow-wheat, Melampyrum sylvaticum
Ancestry of “metsämaitikka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maitikka | cow-wheat |
| 2 | Finnish | maito | milk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | maito | milk |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | majδ̕ɜ | — |