Where does “Jyväskylä” come from?

Jyväskylä (English) comes from Finnish Jyväskylä, from Finnish jyvä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jüvä, from Proto-Uralic jewä, from Proto-Indo-European yéwos, from Proto-Indo-European yew- — to mix.

Ancestry of “Jyväskylä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishJyväskyläa city in central Finland
2Finnishjyvägrain, kernel, corn; caryopsis; achene
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*jüvä—
4Proto-Uralicjewä—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →