Where does “maito” come from?

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

maito (Karelian): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “maito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
2Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →