Where does “kauranjyvä” come from?

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

kauranjyvä (Finnish): oat grain

Definitions

  1. oat grain

Ancestry of “kauranjyvä”, step by step

kauranjyvä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjyvägrain, kernel, corn; caryopsis; achene
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jüvä—
3Proto-Uralicjewä—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix

via Finnish kaura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauraoat, oats
2Proto-Oceanic*qauʀbamboo plant
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqauʀbamboo
4Proto-Austronesianqauʀbamboo
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