Where does “sälelevy” come from?

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

sälelevy (Finnish): laminboard

Definitions

  1. laminboard

Ancestry of “sälelevy”, step by step

sälelevy 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 säle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsälesplinter; lath; slat
2FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →