Where does “CD-levy” come from?

CD-levy (Finnish) comes from Finnish levy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

CD-levy (Finnish): A compact disc optical disc used to store data

Definitions

  1. A compact disc optical disc used to store data

Ancestry of “CD-levy”, step by step

CD-levy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish levy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevyplate; board; slab
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish CD

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishCDCD, compact disc
2EnglishCDThe corps diplomatique, or diplomatic corps of a...
3Russian-шка
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u
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