Where does “pitkäpiimä” come from?

pitkäpiimä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkäpiimä (Finnish): A type of piimä typical for western Finland

Definitions

  1. A type of piimä typical for western Finland

Ancestry of “pitkäpiimä”, step by step

pitkäpiimä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish piimä

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

Words derived from “pitkäpiimä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →