Where does “ohranjyvä” come from?

ohranjyvä (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.

ohranjyvä (Finnish): barley grain

Definitions

  1. barley grain

Ancestry of “ohranjyvä”, step by step

ohranjyvä 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 ohra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohrabarley
2Proto-Finnicocrabarley
3Proto-Balticaśrassharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →