Where does “poimulevy” come from?

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

poimulevy (Finnish): corrugated sheet

Definitions

  1. corrugated sheet

Ancestry of “poimulevy”, step by step

poimulevy 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 poimu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoimufold, warp, crease, wrinkle, ruga
2Finnishpoimiato pick; to excerpt, extract
3Proto-Finnicpoimidakto pick
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →