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
Ancestry of “tähkämaitikka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | maitikka | cow-wheat |
| 2 | Finnish | maito | milk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | maito | milk |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | majδ̕ɜ | — |