Where does “täysjyväjauho” come from?

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

täysjyväjauho (Finnish): wholegrain flour, wholemeal flour

Definitions

  1. wholegrain flour, wholemeal flour

Ancestry of “täysjyväjauho”, step by step

täysjyväjauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish täysjyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäysjyväwholegrain
2Finnishjyvägrain, kernel, corn; caryopsis; achene
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*jüvä—
4Proto-Uralicjewä—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →