Where does “jyväjemmari” come from?
jyväjemmari (Finnish) comes from Finnish jemmari, from Finnish jemmata, from Swedish gömma, from Old Swedish gøma, from Old Norse geyma, from Proto-Germanic gaumijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
jyväjemmari (Finnish): hayseed, yokel, bumpkin, boor, hick, clodhopper
Definitions
- hayseed, yokel, bumpkin, boor, hick, clodhopper
Ancestry of “jyväjemmari”, step by step
jyväjemmari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jemmari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jemmari | hider, stasher |
| 2 | Finnish | jemmata | to hide, stash, stockpile |
| 3 | Swedish | gömma | place where things are hidden or stashed away; to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | gøma | to heed, mind; to keep, preserve, store |
| 5 | Old Norse | geyma | keep, watch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gaumijaną | to heed, notice, observe, keep |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |