Where does “kirnumaito” come from?

kirnumaito (Ingrian) comes from Finnish kirnu, from Proto-Germanic kirnijǭ, from Proto-Germanic kernǭ — butter tub; creme.

kirnumaito (Ingrian): buttermilk

Definitions

  1. buttermilk

Ancestry of “kirnumaito”, step by step

kirnumaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirnua churn
2Proto-Germanickirnijǭa churn
3Proto-Germanickernǭbutter tub; creme

via Ingrian maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaitomilk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Proto-Germanic kernǭ →Every word from Proto-Germanic kirnijǭ →Every word from Finnish kirnu →