Where does “levyasema” come from?

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

levyasema (Finnish): disk drive

Definitions

  1. disk drive

Ancestry of “levyasema”, step by step

levyasema 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 asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →