Where does “piimä” come from?

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

piimä (Finnish): soured milk, cultured milk, buttermilk

Definitions

  1. soured milk, cultured milk, buttermilk

Ancestry of “piimä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpiimämilk
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpejmä

Words derived from “piimä

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pejmäEvery word from Proto-Finnic piimä