Where does “kirnupiimä” come from?
kirnupiimä (Finnish) comes from Finnish piimä, from Proto-Finnic piimä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pejmä.
kirnupiimä (Finnish): buttermilk
Ancestry of “kirnupiimä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piimä | soured milk, cultured milk, buttermilk |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | piimä | milk |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pejmä | — |