Where does “messinkilevy” come from?

messinkilevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish messinki, from Swedish mässing, from German Messing, from Middle High German messinc, from Proto-Germanic masjinga-.

messinkilevy (Finnish): brass sheet sheet of metallic brass

Definitions

  1. brass sheet sheet of metallic brass

Ancestry of “messinkilevy”, step by step

messinkilevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish messinki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmessinkibrass
2Swedishmässingbrass
3GermanMessingbrass
4Middle High Germanmessinc—
5Proto-Germanicmasjinga-—

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-Germanic masjinga- →Every word from Middle High German messinc →Every word from German Messing →