Where does “maijonvaahto” come from?

maijonvaahto (Ingrian) comes from Finnish vaahto, from Proto-Finnic vakto, from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

maijonvaahto (Ingrian): milk foam

Definitions

  1. milk foam

Ancestry of “maijonvaahto”, step by step

maijonvaahto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahtofoam; head; mousse
2Proto-Finnicvaktofoam
3Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Ingrian maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaitomilk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz →