Where does “platinalevy” come from?

platinalevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish platina, from Spanish platina, from Spanish plata, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

platinalevy (Finnish): platinum disc, platinum record, platinum

Definitions

  1. platinum disc, platinum record, platinum

Ancestry of “platinalevy”, step by step

platinalevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish platina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishplatinaplatinum
2Spanishplatinaplatinum; stage
3Spanishplataargent; silver; money
4Vulgar Latinplattusflattened; flat; smooth
5Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

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 pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →