Where does “ма̄ййт” come from?

ма̄ййт (Kildin Sami) comes from Finnish maito, from Proto-Finnic maito, from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ.

ма̄ййт (Kildin Sami): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “ма̄ййт”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—

Words derived from “ма̄ййт”

Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →