Where does “kytkinlevy” come from?

kytkinlevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish kytkin, from Finnish kytkeä, from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk, from Proto-Uralic kütke- — to bind.

kytkinlevy (Finnish): clutch disc, clutch disk

Definitions

  1. clutch disc, clutch disk

Ancestry of “kytkinlevy”, step by step

kytkinlevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kytkin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkinswitch; clutch; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
3Proto-Finnickütkedäkto bind, to tie
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind

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-Uralic kütke-Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäkEvery word from Finnish kytkeä