Where does “karkealevy” come from?

karkealevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkea, from Proto-Finnic karkeda, from Proto-Uralic karke, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

karkealevy (Finnish): (mill-finish) heavy plate, heavy sheet of metal, e.g. of steel: at least 4.5 mm thick or 7 gauge

Definitions

  1. (mill-finish) heavy plate, heavy sheet of metal, e.g. of steel: at least 4.5 mm thick or 7 gauge

Ancestry of “karkealevy”, step by step

karkealevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karkea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarkearough; coarse; harsh
2Proto-Finnickarkedaharsh; coarse, rough; bitter, sharp
3Proto-Uralickarke—
4Old Saxonkirikachurch
5Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
6Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
7Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
8Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

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-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →