Where does “haittalevy” come from?

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

haittalevy (Finnish): tumbler in a lock

Definitions

  1. tumbler in a lock

Ancestry of “haittalevy”, step by step

haittalevy 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 haitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaittadisadvantage, hindrance, con; tumbler
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →