Where does “kimpilevy” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kimpilevy”, step by step

kimpilevy 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 kimpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimpistave
2Middle Low Germankimmeedge; horizon
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →