Where does “monijyväinen” come from?

monijyväinen (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.

monijyväinen (Finnish): multigrain containing multiple types of grain

Definitions

  1. multigrain containing multiple types of grain

Ancestry of “monijyväinen”, step by step

monijyväinen 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 moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone—

Words derived from “monijyväinen”

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