eväs
Finnish
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Definitions
- usually plural provisions (food e.g. for a picnic)
- Used as modifier in compound terms to indicate that the item is intended for provision or contains provisions; usually omitted in English, sometimes the word "picnic" or "lunch" is a suitable translation.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *eväs derived from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (barley, cereal, spelt, grain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yéwos
Gloss
barley, cereal, spelt, grain
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
穀
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eväskassi Finnish
- eväskori Finnish
- eväslaukku Finnish
- eväsleipä Finnish
- eväspaketti Finnish
- eväspala Finnish
- eväsreppu Finnish
- eväsretki Finnish
- eväsruoka Finnish
- evässekoitus Finnish
- evästauko Finnish
- eväste Finnish
- evästellä Finnish
- evästys Finnish
- evästäminen Finnish
- evästää Finnish
- eväsvoileipä Finnish
- kassi Finnish
- kori Finnish
- laukku Finnish
- leipä Finnish
- paketti Finnish
- pala Finnish
- reppu Finnish
- retki Finnish
- ruoka Finnish
- sekoitus Finnish
- tauko Finnish
- voileipä Finnish
- ζειά Ancient Greek
- *yéwos Proto-Indo-European
- यव Sanskrit
- ջով Old Armenian
- *eväs Proto-Finnic
- *jüvä Proto-Finnic
- *yeu- Proto-Celtic
- *yewos Proto-Celtic
- *yáwas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *jewas Proto-Balto-Slavic