Where does “lypsylehmä” come from?

lypsylehmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lypsy, from Finnish lypsää, from Proto-Finnic lüpsädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic lüpsä-.

lypsylehmä (Finnish): dairy cow, milk cow; cash cow; cash cow,...

Definitions

  1. dairy cow, milk cow; cash cow; cash cow,...

Ancestry of “lypsylehmä”, step by step

lypsylehmä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lypsy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlypsymilking; dairy, milk
2Finnishlypsääto milk
3Proto-Finniclüpsädäkto milk
4Proto-Finno-Permiclüpsä-—

via Ingrian lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlehmäcow
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic lüpsä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lüpsädäk →Every word from Finnish lypsää →