Where does “piimälimppu” come from?

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

piimälimppu (Finnish): a round loaf of bread moistened with buttermilk

Definitions

  1. a round loaf of bread moistened with buttermilk

Ancestry of “piimälimppu”, step by step

piimälimppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piimä

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

via Finnish limppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlimppuround loaf of bread
2Swedishlimpaloaf of bread; a carton; a roll
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pejmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic piimä →Every word from Finnish piimä →