Where does “tähkämaitikka” come from?

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

tähkämaitikka (Finnish): crested cow-wheat

Definitions

  1. crested cow-wheat

Ancestry of “tähkämaitikka”, step by step

tähkämaitikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maitikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitikkacow-wheat
2Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
3Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
4Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →