Where does “jarrulevy” come from?

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

jarrulevy (Finnish): brake disc, brake disk

Definitions

  1. brake disc, brake disk

Ancestry of “jarrulevy”, step by step

jarrulevy 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 jarru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjarrubrake; bromide
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →