Some onomasiological areas show a clear tendency towards loanwords. For instance, Romanic or pre-Roman designation types can be found in German for a number of concepts relating to Alpine farming, especially milk processing (cf. the base types: butyru(m), caseu(m), crama, stabulum, *tegia).
This unequivocally indicates that the respective basic cultural techniques in the Alpine region are very old and were passed on to the successive ethnic groups and their languages. But it would, of course, be too simple to link certain onomasiological sub-areas entirely to certain linguistic 'layers'. Rather, it is remarkable that there is evidence of borrowings in the opposite direction as well, which suggests a lasting mutual cultural exchange. The complementary designation types for the concept BUTTER are a characteristic example. While the Romanic type Butter has prevailed in Bavarian, the German type Schmalz is established in part of the Romanic dialects: cf. the synoptic map of the base types butyrum and Schmalz.

It seems, therefore, that the skimming, i.e., the melting of butter as an elementary preservation technique spread from the German-speaking area to the south.
A comparable impression is given by the designation types lat. stabulu(m) and deu. Stall for simple Alpine pasture buildings: cf. the synoptic map on the base types lat. stabulu(m) and deu. Stall.