Where does “kahvalevy” come from?

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

kahvalevy (Finnish): grip panel, grip

Definitions

  1. grip panel, grip

Ancestry of “kahvalevy”, step by step

kahvalevy 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 kahva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahvahandle; grip; manubrium; usually in the longer...
2Proto-Finnickahva—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →