Where does “pottumaito” come from?

pottumaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish pottu, from Finnish potaatti, from Swedish potatis, from English potatoes, from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata — sweet potato.

pottumaito (Finnish): mashed potatoes mixed with milk and made into a gruel

Definitions

  1. mashed potatoes mixed with milk and made into a gruel

Ancestry of “pottumaito”, step by step

pottumaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pottu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpottupotato, spud; potty; bottle, especially one of...
2Finnishpotaattipotato
3Swedishpotatispotato
4Englishpotatoesplural of potato
5Spanishpatatapotato; piece of rubbish
6Taínobatatasweet potato

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Taíno batata →Every word from Spanish patata →Every word from English potatoes →