Where does “maitovarsa” come from?

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

maitovarsa (Ingrian): foal that still drinks milk

Definitions

  1. foal that still drinks milk

Ancestry of “maitovarsa”, step by step

maitovarsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaitomilk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—

via Ingrian varsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvarsafoal
2Proto-Finnicvarsaa foal, in particular a male one; a young...
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥šā—
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Ingrian maito →