Where does “tumajyvänen” come from?

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

tumajyvänen (Finnish): nucleolus

Definitions

  1. nucleolus

Ancestry of “tumajyvänen”, step by step

tumajyvänen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jyvänen

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

via Finnish tuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtumanucleus, cell nucleus
2Proto-Finnictumakernel, core
3Proto-Finno-Permictuŋa—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Uralic jewä →