Where does “mustikkamaito” come from?

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

mustikkamaito (Finnish): bilberry milk, blueberry milk a smoothie-like beverage consisting mostly of bilberries/blueberries and milk

Definitions

  1. bilberry milk, blueberry milk a smoothie-like beverage consisting mostly of bilberries/blueberries and milk

Ancestry of “mustikkamaito”, step by step

mustikkamaito 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 mustikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustikkabilberry, "Vaccinium myrtillus"; a common shrub...
2Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
3Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →