Where does “laminaattilevy” come from?

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

laminaattilevy (Finnish): laminate board, laminated board

Definitions

  1. laminate board, laminated board

Ancestry of “laminaattilevy”, step by step

laminaattilevy 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 laminaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlaminaattiA laminate
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →