Where does “lamellilaikka” come from?

lamellilaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lamelli, from Latin lāmella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

lamellilaikka (Finnish): flap disc

Definitions

  1. flap disc

Ancestry of “lamellilaikka”, step by step

lamellilaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lamelli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlamellilamella
2LatinlāmellaA small, thin plate of metal
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish läikkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläikkäspot, splotch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin lāmella →