aluspiimä

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • A small amount of cultured milk used to start the desired type of fermentation that turns a batch of fresh milk into cultured milk.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish alus (vessel, underlay, under-, under, ship, base, anything put under something) + Finnish piimä (cultured milk).

Origin

Finnish

piimä

Gloss

cultured milk

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