Where does “piimävelli” come from?

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

piimävelli (Finnish): a gruel of soured milk sweetened with syrup and including dough-raisin clumps and/or pieces of leipäjuusto

Definitions

  1. a gruel of soured milk sweetened with syrup and including dough-raisin clumps and/or pieces of leipäjuusto

Ancestry of “piimävelli”, step by step

piimävelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piimä

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

via Finnish velli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelligruel
2Swedishvällinggruel, soup made from cereal, thin porridge
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pejmä →