Where does “soijamaito” come from?

soijamaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish soija, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油, from Middle Chinese 醬 — bean paste.

soijamaito (Finnish): soy milk

Definitions

soy milk

Ancestry of “soijamaito”, step by step

soijamaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soija

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	soija	soy/soya; soy sauce; sweat
2	Dutch	soja	soy
3	Japanese	そい	醤油 soy sauce
4	Japanese	醤油	soy sauce
5	Middle Chinese	醬油	—
6	Middle Chinese	醬	bean paste

via Finnish maito

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	maito	milk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2	Proto-Finnic	maito	milk
3	Proto-Uralic	majδ̕ɜ	—

Every word from Middle Chinese 醬 →Every word from Middle Chinese 醬油 →Every word from Japanese 醤油 →