Where does “kirnupiimä” come from?

kirnupiimä (Finnish) comes from Finnish piimä, from Proto-Finnic piimä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pejmä.

kirnupiimä (Finnish): buttermilk

Definitions

  1. buttermilk

Ancestry of “kirnupiimä”, step by step

kirnupiimä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piimä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiimäsoured milk, cultured milk, buttermilk
2Proto-Finnicpiimämilk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpejmä—

via Finnish kirnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirnua churn
2Proto-Germanickirnijǭa churn
3Proto-Germanickernǭbutter tub; creme
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pejmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic piimä →Every word from Finnish piimä →