Where does “digitaalilevy” come from?

digitaalilevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish digitaalinen, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

digitaalilevy (Finnish): digital disk

Definitions

  1. digital disk

Ancestry of “digitaalilevy”, step by step

digitaalilevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish digitaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdigitaalinendigital
2LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Finnish levy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevyplate; board; slab
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Latin digitus →Every word from Latin digitālis →