Where does “levyriipus” come from?

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

levyriipus (Finnish): a small rectangular pendant or trinket

Definitions

  1. a small rectangular pendant or trinket

Ancestry of “levyriipus”, step by step

levyriipus 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 riipus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriipuspendant
2FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
3Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →
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