Where does “aluspiimä” come from?

aluspiimä (Finnish) comes from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

aluspiimä (Finnish): A small amount of cultured milk used to start the...

Definitions

  1. A small amount of cultured milk used to start the...

Ancestry of “aluspiimä”, step by step

aluspiimä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish piimä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiimäsoured milk, cultured milk, buttermilk
2Proto-Finnicpiimämilk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpejmä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →Every word from Finnish ala →