Where does “jyvä” come from?

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

jyvä (Finnish): grain, kernel, corn; caryopsis; achene

Definitions

  1. grain, kernel, corn; caryopsis; achene

Ancestry of “jyvä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*jüvä—
2Proto-Uralicjewä—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix

Words derived from “jyvä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →