Where does “vuohenmaito” come from?
vuohenmaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuohi, from Proto-Finnic voohi, from Latvian āzis, from Proto-Baltic āž-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- — goat; oak.
vuohenmaito (Finnish): goat milk
Ancestry of “vuohenmaito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vuohi | goat |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voohi | goat |
| 3 | Latvian | āzis | male goat, billy goat, buck |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | āž- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyǵ- | goat; oak |