Where does “levyhaarniska” come from?

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

levyhaarniska (Finnish): plate armour

Definitions

  1. plate armour

Ancestry of “levyhaarniska”, step by step

levyhaarniska 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 haarniska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarniskaarmor, armour
2Old Swedishharnisk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →