Where does “levyalbumi” come from?

levyalbumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish albumi, from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

levyalbumi (Finnish): record album

Definitions

  1. record album

Ancestry of “levyalbumi”, step by step

levyalbumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish albumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishalbumiAn album
2Latinalbuminflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

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-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →