Where does “leveyssuunta” come from?

leveyssuunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish leveys, from Finnish leveä, from Proto-Finnic levedä — wide.

leveyssuunta (Finnish): the direction of width or breadth; widthwise direction, breadthwise direction; horizontal direction

Definitions

  1. the direction of width or breadth; widthwise direction, breadthwise direction; horizontal direction

Ancestry of “leveyssuunta”, step by step

leveyssuunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveyswidth or breadth of an object; beam; "in...
2Finnishleveäwide
3Proto-Finniclevedäwide

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Finnic levedä →Every word from Finnish leveä →Every word from Finnish leveys →