Where does “salamalevy” come from?

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

salamalevy (Finnish): fast heating hotplate, rapid heating hotplate

Definitions

  1. fast heating hotplate, rapid heating hotplate

Ancestry of “salamalevy”, step by step

salamalevy 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 Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish levy →