Where does “nisunjyvä” come from?

nisunjyvä (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.

nisunjyvä (Finnish): grain of wheat

Definitions

  1. grain of wheat

Ancestry of “nisunjyvä”, step by step

nisunjyvä 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 nisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnisuwheat; something baked of wheat, particularly...
2Proto-Finnicnisuwheat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →