Where does “maitokukka” come from?

maitokukka (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian maito, from Proto-Finnic maito, from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ.

maitokukka (Ingrian): dandelion

Definitions

  1. dandelion

Ancestry of “maitokukka”, step by step

maitokukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaitomilk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ

via Ingrian kukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankukkaflower; nobody, no-one
2Proto-Finnickukkaflower
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜEvery word from Proto-Finnic maitoEvery word from Ingrian maito