Where does “leveyshaku” come from?
leveyshaku (Finnish) comes from Finnish haku, from Finnish hakea, from Proto-Finnic hakedak, from Proto-Germanic sākija-.
leveyshaku (Finnish): breadth-first search
Ancestry of “leveyshaku”, step by step
leveyshaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haku | search; applying, application |
| 2 | Finnish | hakea | To retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hakedak | to pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sākija- | — |
via Finnish leveys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leveys | width or breadth of an object; beam; "in... |
| 2 | Finnish | leveä | wide |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | levedä | wide |