Where does “täysjyväleipä” come from?

täysjyväleipä (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.

täysjyväleipä (Finnish): wholegrain bread, wholemeal bread

Definitions

  1. wholegrain bread, wholemeal bread

Ancestry of “täysjyväleipä”, step by step

täysjyväleipä 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 leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →