Where does “torajyvä” come from?

torajyvä (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.

torajyvä (Finnish): ergot

Definitions

  1. ergot

Ancestry of “torajyvä”, step by step

torajyvä 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 tora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoraquarrel
2Proto-Finnictoraquarrel; fight
3Proto-Uralictorɜfight; to fight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →
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