Where does “pihkamaito” come from?

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

pihkamaito (Finnish): colostrum

Definitions

  1. colostrum

Ancestry of “pihkamaito”, step by step

pihkamaito traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maito

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

via Finnish pihka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihkaresin
2Proto-Finnicpihkaresin
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpiška—

via Ingrian maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaitomilk
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →