Where does “tasajyvä” come from?

tasajyvä (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.

tasajyvä (Finnish): the bead being level with the notches in the rearsight with the bead positioned in the top edge of the notch of the rear sight

Definitions

  1. the bead being level with the notches in the rearsight with the bead positioned in the top edge of the notch of the rear sight

Ancestry of “tasajyvä”, step by step

tasajyvä 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 tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →