@clacke I'm deeply disappointed (and will remain so for a whole 15 minutes or so) that the english dictionary doesn't have an etymology section on any of the Mandarin words for butter other than the English borrowing.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BB%…
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%89%…
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%99%…
OTOH, cow cheese??? wtf were the ancient greeks thinking?